Danish Prime Minister Fredrickson and Greenland’s autonomous government Prime Minister Nelson said on the 27th that they would visit Berlin and Paris to consolidate support in response to pressure from U.S. President Trump’s recent attempt to annex Greenland. Reuters said on the 27th that the official schedule showed that the two would meet with the country’s Prime Minister Merz in Germany on the same day, and meet with French President Macron on the 28th.
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According to the French News Agency, Macron is scheduled to meet with the two on the 28th and hold a “work lunch,” taking the opportunity to reaffirm European unity and French support for Denmark and Greenland.
According to the report, the Élysée Palace said in a statement that the three would discuss security issues in the Arctic and the economic and social development of Greenland, “with French and European Union support.”
The French journal La République de l‘Est commented that Frazerickson and Nelson began this trip to Germany and France in response to the diplomatic tensions caused by U.S. ambitions for Greenland.
The report said that previously, the United States had repeatedly threatened to annex Denmark‘s autonomous territory, Greenland, under the pretext of “national and international security,” and was met with protests from Denmark and the European Union. Only on the 21st did the United States say that it had found a “future agreement framework for Greenland,” and although it did not reveal further details, it withdrew the tariff threat to Europe.