On the left: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a visit to Greenland. On the right: France’s President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Nuuk in June this year.

Greenland aims to “strengthen and expand” its EU partnership; two ruling parties want to probe EU membership’s pros and cons.

Trump’s threats push Greenland to seek closer ties with the EU

On the left: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a visit to Greenland. On the right: France’s President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Nuuk in June this year.
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Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland have raised fundamental and far-reaching questions in Nuuk about how Greenland can best safeguard its interests, who Greenland’s closest allies are, and who it shares values with in an uncertain world.

For the ruling party Demokraatit, the answer is Europe.

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