Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap for today!
Greenland has urged Donald Trump to give up his “fantasies about annexation” after the US president, fresh from his military operation in Venezuela, again threatened to take over the Arctic territory (9:33).
Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen said she believed president Donald Trump was serious about wanting to take over Greenland, as she warned that “if the United States attacks another Nato country, everything stops” (16:27, 17:12).
Leaders of the Nordics, France, the UK and the EU have expressed their solidarity with Denmark and Greenland (9:33, 10:40, 12:21, 12:33, 13:11).
In other news,
A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of online harassment of the French first lady, Brigitte Macron, by posting or reposting malicious comments on social media that claimed falsely that she was a man (11:10).
Eight men and two women, aged 41 to 60, including a school sports teacher, an art gallery owner and a publicist, were on Monday given sentences ranging from a compulsory course in understanding online harassment to an eight-month suspended prison sentence (11:18).
One man, a property developer, who was absent from the trial hearings, was given a six-month prison sentence (12:01).
Elsewhere,
The EU has suggested that “there is progress” in discussions on security guarantees for Ukraine ahead of tomorrow’s Paris meeting of the Coalition of the Willing (12:45).
Nato’s Mark Rutte, EU’s Ursula von der Leyen and Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner of the US are expected to take part in the talks (15:05, 15:38).
And that’s all from me, Jakub Krupa, for today.
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Trump's pressure on Denmark 'unacceptable', Danish PM says
In her DR interview, Denmark’s Frederiksen also called the pressure on Denmark and Greenland “unacceptable,” and noted the continuing support from European partners.
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