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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Relations with US have taken ‘big blow’, says EU foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas shakes hands with the Belgian prime minister, Bart De Wever, at the special summit of EU leaders.
Kaja Kallas shakes hands with the Belgian prime minister, Bart De Wever, at the special summit of EU leaders. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

Transatlantic relations have “taken a big blow over the last week” the EU’s foreign policy chief said, as leaders from the bloc gathered for an emergency summit after weeks of escalating threats from Donald Trump over Greenland that were suddenly rescinded with a vague deal on Arctic security.

Summing up the mood, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said the EU was living through a lot of unpredictability: “One day, one way; the other day, again, everything could change.”

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