PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – France has asked for a NATO exercise in Greenland and is ready to contribute to it, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said on Wednesday. News of the request comes as U.S. President Donald Trump barrels into Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, where he is likely to use the World Economic Forum […]
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France asks for a NATO exercise in Greenland, is ready to participate
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PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – France has asked for a NATO exercise in Greenland and is ready to contribute to it, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said on Wednesday.
News of the request comes as U.S. President Donald Trump barrels into Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, where he is likely to use the World Economic Forum to escalate his push for acquiring Greenland despite European protests in the biggest fraying of transatlantic ties in decades.
Speaking in Davos on Tuesday, Macron said Europe would not give in to bullies or be intimidated, in a scathing criticism of Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs if Europe does not let him take over Greenland.
NATO leaders have warned that Trump’s Greenland strategy could upend the alliance. Trump has linked Greenland to his anger at not receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau, Inti Landauro and Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Tom Hogue)