Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland
By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world
By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world

US move on the island would be a breach of the transatlantic alliance

Conflict over Greenland could destroy the transatlantic alliance, requiring a new European security treaty to replace it

The more the EU has to pay for ingratiation with Trump, the less convincing its strategic rationale for doing so

Announcement comes as Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Arctic island leads to alarm among European allies

We are not rejecting co-operation — we are rejecting being spoken for

US president tells audience in Davos that a possible purchase should not be seen as a threat to Nato