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US placing ‘unacceptable’ stress on Greenland with deliberate journey by Trump officers, Danish PM says – Europe reside

March 25, 2025

US placing ‘unacceptable’ stress on Greenland, Danish prime minister says

Elsewhere, there may be rising frustration in Denmark and Greenland over the rising US urge for food to regulate the island.

The newest escalation comes as Usha Vance, the spouse of US vice-president JD Vance set to attend the nationwide dogsled race in Greenland later this week, with US nationwide safety adviser Mike Waltz and vitality secretary Chris Wright additionally visiting a US navy base on the island.

The visits are seen as interference with Greenland’s inside politics simply weeks after latest elections, which didn’t present majority help for a more in-depth relationship with the US, with a negotiation over the subsequent authorities nonetheless on-going.

Outgoing prime minister Múte Boroup Egede criticised the visits and insisted “it should be said in daring that our integrity and democracy should be revered with none exterior interference.”

However this morning the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, went additional, calling out “unacceptable stress” from the US.

She informed broadcaster TV2 that the deliberate journeys couldn’t be seen as unrelated to more and more assertive “statements and reviews we now have heard from the American aspect, beginning in January and up till now.”

“It’s clearly not a go to that’s about what Greenland wants, or what Greenland needs,” she stated.

“I’ve to say that it’s unacceptable stress being positioned on Greenland and Denmark on this scenario. And it’s stress that we are going to resist,” she informed TV2.

“It’s clear that once you make a go to on this approach, and the Greenlandic politicians clearly say that they don’t need the go to, you can not interpret it as respectful,” she added, in accordance with TV2.

Protesters participate in an indication march ending in entrance of the U.S. consulate, beneath the slogan, Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic folks, in Nuuk, Greenland earlier this month. {Photograph}: Christian Klindt Soelbeck/Reuters

Within the new context of the upcoming go to of his spouse, many commentators turned their consideration to JD Vance’s interview with Fox from final month.

In extremely immflamatory remarks, reported by us on Europe Dwell on the time, he claimed that Denmark is “not doing its job, and it’s not being an excellent ally” by not countering the Chinese language and Russian use of sea lanes within the space.

Trump’s No.2 asserted that the territory is “actually essential to our nationwide safety.”

He stated:

How are we going to unravel that drawback, resolve our personal nationwide safety?

If that implies that we have to take extra territorial curiosity in Greenland, that’s what President Trump goes to do as a result of he doesn’t care about what the Europeans scream at us, he cares about placing the curiosity of Americans first.

For what it’s value, Brian Hughes, spokesperson for the White Home Nationwide Safety Council, stated the delegation aimed to “study Greenland, its tradition, historical past, and other people.”

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My colleague Ajit Niranjan put collectively this sensible explainer on what to anticipate from the brand new Bundestag, elected final month.

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The 630 members of the Bundestag, 230 of whom are newly elected, will sit in parliament at a novel time in postwar German historical past. The AfD has doubled its variety of seats to 152, whereas centrist events are overhauling the nation’s navy and financial coverage in response to rising threats to European safety.

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The MPs taking seats on Tuesday vary in age from 23 to 84. The youngest is Luke Hoss, a pupil from the far-left Die Linke who has promised to provide away most of his €11,000-a-month wage. The oldest is Alexander Gauland, a former journalist from the AfD who in 2018 downplayed Hitler and the Nazis as “simply birdshit in our greater than 1,000-year historical past”.

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The brand new parliament incorporates about 100 fewer MPs than the earlier one after the outgoing authorities reformed Germany’s electoral legislation to shrink persistent bloat. Fewer than a 3rd of MPs within the new Bundestag are ladies, barely beneath the share within the earlier legislature.

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Tense coalition talks are beneath approach between the CDU/CSU, the biggest faction in parliament, and the Social Democratic social gathering (SPD). The chancellor-in-waiting, Merz, hopes to type a authorities earlier than Easter.

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The sitting begins at 11am CET, with a speech from Gregor Gysi, the longest-serving member of parliament, who started his political profession within the Socialist Unity social gathering in communist East Germany.

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The 77-year-old might be free to resolve the size and content material of his speech, and can chair the session till the president of the Bundestag is elected.

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We are now hearing more from the Kremlin, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov offering an update on the talks.

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He has just said that Russia and the US are analysing the outcome of the talks before considering next steps as delegations reported back to their capitals, but – contrary to expectations – said the content of the discussions would not be published, Reuters reported.

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Peskov added there were currently no plans for a phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

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If you’re questioning the place we’re with US-led “shuttle diplomacy” on Ukraine, the newest replace this morning stated that Ukrainian and US officers had been holding one other spherical of talks this morning.

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“We’re nonetheless working with the Individuals,” a member of the Ukrainian delegation informed a small group of media together with AFP.

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This comes, as AFP famous, a day after 12 hours of talks between the US and Russian delegations on a partial ceasefire in Ukraine.

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Russian media reported {that a} draft joint US-Russian assertion had been despatched to Moscow and Washington for approval, with the events aiming to launch it on Tuesday.

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If Europe wasn’t already on notice, the extraordinary leak of deliberations by JD Vance and other top-level Trump administration officials over a strike against the Houthis in Yemen was another sign that it has a target on its back.

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On the face of it, the strike against the Houthis had far more to do with the administration’s policies on protecting maritime trade and containing Iran than its concerns about Europe freeloading on US defense spending and military prowess.

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But Vance appears determined to push that angle as a reason to postpone the strike.

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Vance was contending that once again the United States is doing what Europe should be. It is consistent with his past arguments that the US is overpaying for European security and the derision he displayed toward European allies (almost certainly the UK and France) when he described them as “some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”. (Both fought in Afghanistan and the UK fought alongside the US in Iraq).

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Then Vance went a step further. He tacitly admitted a difference between his foreign policy and Trump’s saying that the strike would undermine the president’s Europe policy – one that has been led by Vance in his divisive speech at the Munich Security Conference where he accused European leaders of running from their own electorates and of his Eurosceptic comments on Fox News.

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“I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now,” Vance wrote. “There’s a further risk that we see a moderate to severe spike in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself. But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”

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At heart, the disagreement indicated that Vance’s views of foreign policy are not quite aligned with Trump. Trump broadly sees the world as transactional and optimists in Europe have claimed he could force a positive outcome by forcing those nations to spend more on defense budgets. But Vance appears far more confrontational and principled in his antipathy toward the transatlantic alliance, and has attacked European leaders for backing values that he says are not aligned with the US.

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That makes Vance even more of a concern for Europe. Kaja Kallas, the European foreign policy chief, accused Vance of “trying to pick a fight” with European allies. Another European diplomat said: “He is very dangerous for Europe … maybe the most [dangerous] within the administration.” One other stated he was “obsessed” with driving a wedge between Europe and the US.

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Broadly, the administration’s insurance policies on Europe are coming into focus. And there are few stepping as much as voice backing for Nato or for Europe writ giant. On a podcast interview this weekend, the senior Trump envoy Steve Witkoff mused concerning the potential for the Gulf economies to exchange these of Europe. “It may very well be a lot greater than Europe. Europe is dysfunctional in the present day,” he stated.

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Tucker Carlson, the host and one other Trump confidant, agreed. “It might be good for the world as a result of Europe is dying,” he stated.

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Look, we have all been there. Now and then, you get added to the wrong group on a messaging app (usually some spam), check your suspicions, leave it, and forget it.

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It’s not quite the same, however, if you get added to a top-secret operational group by the US national security adviser alongside some of the most senior US administration officials, up to the level of the actual US vice-president, where they discuss strikes on another country on a commercial chat app.

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Europe wakes up with astonishment to reports in the Atlantic – and the authenticity of the group confirmed by the White House – that “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans” on strikes against the Huthis in Yemen.

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There is a lot to be said about the foreign policy, intelligence implications of this highly-sensitive security leak, and we have key US reactions for you here.

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However, one other thing that stands out in the texts revealed by the Atlantic is genuine and visceral resentment against Europe among top US officials.

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JD Vance, of the Munich speech fame, says how much he hates “bailing Europe again,” arguing that the strike and the unblocking of routes would benefit Europe most.

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US defence secretary Pete Hegseth joins in along similar lines: “I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.”

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Other officials discuss how they could claim the costs of the strike back from Europe, with “further economic gain extracted in return.”

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The leak raises major questions about the safety of sharing intelligence with the US, how it’s handled, and who has access to sensitive information.

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Allies will also no doubt take note of the fact that the group appears to have been created just as US envoy Steve Witkoff may have been, erm, literally at the Kremlin holding talks with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine. This prompts further concerns. I’m sure the Kremlin wifi has strong privacy protections, right?

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The breach comes at a particularly sensitive time as Europe waits to learn what has come out of US talks with Russia in Riyadh, so we are unlikely to hear many public reactions to these comments from seething Europeans. (But, by all means, add me to your secret groups and let me know what you think, European diplomats!).

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But first reactions from some of former leaders and diplomats give you an idea of what they may think.

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Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt noted that “in the amazing story of the Signal group coordinating Yemen air strikes, Vice President JD Vance once again comes out as driven by deep anti-European resentment.”

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Former Polish ambassador to the US Marek Magierowski described the report simply as “chilling.” On Witkoff, he added: “Le Carré, Forsyth and Clancy together would not have come up with such an absurd scenario.”

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It’s a long day ahead for us as we await update on US-Russia talks, and with the first sitting of the new German parliament, so let’s get going.

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It’s Tuesday, 25 March 2025, and this is Europe live. It’s Jakub Krupa here.

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Good morning.

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Key occasions

Practically three quarters of Europeans assume their nation advantages from EU, research finds

Jennifer Rankin

EU flags flutter outdoors the EU Fee headquarters in Brussels. {Photograph}: François Lenoir/Reuters

A historic excessive of practically three quarters of European residents assume their nation advantages from EU membership, amid rising geopolitical turbulence.

In response to the newest Eurobarometer survey, 74% of individuals assume their nation advantages from EU membership, the most effective end result since this query was first requested in 1983, reflecting an more and more constructive temper since 2010 when the union was within the depths of the eurozone monetary disaster.

The ballot commissioned by the European parliament surveyed 26,354 folks over fifteen throughout the 27 member states over January and early February, a time when Donald Trump returned to the White Home, however earlier than a few of his officers’ most hostile statements in direction of European allies.

Greater than a 3rd of respondents (36%) picked out defence and safety from an inventory as priorities the EU ought to concentrate on to strengthen its place on the earth, adopted by competitiveness and economic system (32%), vitality independence and sources (27%).

However requested to choose their prime precedence to be addressed by the European parliament, the most well-liked selection (46%) was inflation, rising costs and the price of dwelling, adopted by defence (31%). Public well being and the battle towards the local weather disaster each declined on this precedence listing as compared with earlier years, chosen by 25% and 21% of respondents respectively.

US placing ‘unacceptable’ stress on Greenland, Danish prime minister says

Elsewhere, there may be rising frustration in Denmark and Greenland over the rising US urge for food to regulate the island.

Outgoing prime minister Múte Boroup Egede criticised the visits and insisted “it should be said in daring that our integrity and democracy should be revered with none exterior interference.”

However this morning the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, went additional, calling out “unacceptable stress” from the US.

“It’s clearly not a go to that’s about what Greenland wants, or what Greenland needs,” she stated.

“I’ve to say that it’s unacceptable stress being positioned on Greenland and Denmark on this scenario. And it’s stress that we are going to resist,” she informed TV2.

Within the new context of the upcoming go to of his spouse, many commentators turned their consideration to JD Vance’s interview with Fox from final month.

Trump’s No.2 asserted that the territory is “actually essential to our nationwide safety.”

He stated:

How are we going to unravel that drawback, resolve our personal nationwide safety?

If that implies that we have to take extra territorial curiosity in Greenland, that’s what President Trump goes to do as a result of he doesn’t care about what the Europeans scream at us, he cares about placing the curiosity of Americans first.

For what it’s value, Brian Hughes, spokesperson for the White Home Nationwide Safety Council, stated the delegation aimed to “study Greenland, its tradition, historical past, and other people.”

US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia have ended, supply says

Within the meantime, let’s get an replace on the US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia, with a supply in Kyiv’s delegation telling reporters that they’ve now ended.

“The talks are over. All particulars might be introduced later,” the supply informed a small group of media, together with AFP.

New Bundestag off to a rocky begin

Lawmakers attend the constituent session of the newly elected German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany. {Photograph}: Markus Schreiber/AP

In an indication of how totally different this Bundestag goes to be, the primary sitting is already off to a rocky begin because the far-right Various für Deutschland will get off the mark with a problem to the follow of the longest-serving member chairing the plenary till a president will get elected, as a substitute calling for the oldest member to be given the duty (which, you guessed it, would have been an AfD politician).

The social gathering argues that was the unique follow earlier than 2017, and which was solely modified to stop an AfD politician assuming the position.

As we speak’s chair is Die Linke’s Gregor Gysi, the longest-serving member of parliament, who started his political profession within the Socialist Unity social gathering in communist East Germany. The 77-year-old might be free to resolve the size and content material of his opening speech, and can chair the session till the president of the Bundestag is elected.

However talking for the AfD, Bernd Baumann stated the AfD’s Alexander Gauland can be “the official and true oldest member of parliament” beneath the position, criticising the CDU/CSU conservatives for “prefering a figurehead of the unconventional left to a deserving veteran from previously its personal ranks.”

Gauland is a former CDU member and a former journalist who in 2018 downplayed Hitler and the Nazis as “simply birdshit in our greater than 1,000-year historical past”.

“It doesn’t do you any good to disclaim us all our rights,” Baumann stated, including that these “methods” won’t “stop our rise.”

Different events oppose the problem, so it has no probability of succeeding and certainly fails – however the initiative units the confrontational tone that we are going to see on this Bundestag extra usually, because the AfD makes use of its new, stronger place within the new parliament.

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