Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap for today!
Join us tomorrow for our coverage of the US summit on Greenland and other news across Europe.
Here is your today’s summary:
Greenland’s prime minister has said “we choose Denmark” at a joint press conference with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen in a show of unity ahead of high-stakes talks at the White House about Donald Trump’s intention to take control of the Arctic territory (15:08, 15:13, 15:27).
The US vice-president, JD Vance, will unexpectedly host a crunch meeting with the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark and the US secretary of state, in Washington on Wednesday, raising the profile of the meeting (11:50).
Their comments came after a day of hectic diplomacy, with the foreign affairs committee of the Danish parliament convening a session to discuss the US interest in the territory (10:25), and ahead of further talks with Greenland and Faroe Islands (12:44).
Greenland’s business and mineral resources ministers told UK lawmakers that the “offensive” and “bewildering” US rhetoric on Greenland caused “quite a bit of worry” among the local population, as she hoped for “more clarity” after talks in the US (17:32).
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Greenland is Europe’s credibility litmus test - comment
Chief executive and chief economist at the European Policy Centre
Donald Trump’s intervention in Venezuela is not a one-off shock. It epitomises his approach of interventionist isolationism based on a revisionist, neo-nationalist agenda in which power is exercised bluntly, international rules are optional and alliances are transactional.
In such a dog-eat-dog world, hesitation and ambiguity do not stabilise the system; they become vulnerabilities to be exploited by a volatile and predatory Washington.
Europe can’t prevent Trump from making destructive choices. But it can shape the incentives. If Washington moves on Greenland – or pursues similar acts of coercion – there must be costs. Not symbolic gestures, but measures that resonate domestically in the US and hurt Trump and his policy choices where it matters most: with his political base. Greenland is Europe’s credibility litmus test.
