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With concrete promises like faster internet in remote areas, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, extended a cautious hand to Greenland during her visit.

The European Union and Greenland will work together on infrastructure, green energy and the extraction of raw materials

EU-Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) brought an extra 200 million euros (about 1.5 billion Danish kroner) for Greenlanders, along with a cooperation agreement and a promise to double EU support for Greenland in the next seven-year EU budget, to a total of just under 4 billion kroner through 2034. Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
EU-Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) brought an extra 200 million euros (about 1.5 billion Danish kroner) for Greenlanders, along with a cooperation agreement and a promise to double EU support for Greenland in the next seven-year EU budget, to a total of just under 4 billion kroner through 2034. Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

Sealskin?

The question seemed to catch Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, slightly off guard as she stood side by side with Greenland’s Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, at a news conference in Nuuk on Monday afternoon.

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