Trump's Greenland bid sparks European security concerns
President Donald Trump wants the USA to take control of Greenland. Europeans, like the USA, have interests related to this island, as the head of the EU Military Committee, General Robert Brieger, emphasizes.
American President Donald Trump believes that the USA should control Greenland, a territory under Denmark. He justifies this with "national security" reasons.
In response, German General Robert Brieger, who heads the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), suggested that Europe should also secure its interests related to this island. The island is of significant geopolitical and security policy importance, Brieger said in an interview with the newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
- In my view, it would make perfect sense not only to station U.S. forces in Greenland, as has been the case to date, but also to consider stationing EU soldiers there in the future, added the German general.
Potential for tensions
He also noted that Greenland, although belonging to Denmark, is not part of the EU. Nevertheless, Europeans, like the USA, have interests in Greenland. The island is rich in natural resources, and important international trade routes run around it.
However, the German general assessed that melting ice due to climate change also creates a potential for tensions with Russia and possibly China.
He emphasized that he expects the United States, as a UN member state, to respect the inviolability of borders in accordance with the United Nations Charter.
