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"It is up to Europe to determine the future of our continent." This is the appeal of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who from Berlin, where she met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today, issues a warning about the need for a "more united and cooperative" Europe capable of rejecting territorial claims made by other actors.
Without explicitly mentioning US President Donald Trump and his statements on Greenland, the Danish Prime Minister stated that "we are facing a more uncertain reality, a reality that requires an even more united Europe and greater cooperation."
Addressing the countries of the European Union, she said that "our continent is founded on the idea that cooperation, rather than confrontation, will lead to peace, progress and prosperity."
Donald Trump's intentions for Greenland were at the center of the German chancellor's meeting with the Danish prime minister. During the press conference, neither leader directly mentioned the new US president or the large Arctic island, but after talking about the war in Ukraine, Scholz stressed that "borders should not be moved by force."
The Danish prime minister is traveling to several European capitals in an effort to promote European unity in response to US President Donald Trump's repeated plans to "take" Greenland.
In addition to Scholz, the Danish leader will also meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during the day.
"Denmark is a small country with strong alliances. And it is part of a strong European community where we can face the challenges we face together," she said yesterday when announcing spending of 14.6 billion euros to strengthen security in the Arctic, a strategic area due to its proximity to Russia and the United States, and in the North Atlantic.
The American president is not abandoning the Arctic island, as he declared a few days ago that the island's 57,000 inhabitants "want to be with us."
"I really don't know what rights Denmark has in this regard," the US president underlined, "but it would be a very hostile act" if they did not allow the United States to claim ownership of the island.
Trump recently defined control of Greenland as an "absolute necessity," which today belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark and is considered fundamental to the security of the United States.
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