The European Commission appears to have been snubbed in a statement from several member states defending Greenland, following renewed threats by Donald Trump to seize the autonomous Danish island.
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, was not included in the statement, which was posted on Tuesday and instead signed by the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, plus the United Kingdom and Greenland itself.
A missed opportunity but shows that the EU member states can do as they wish.
Here in the UK, where “we” stupidly voted for self damege (Brexit), the main BS spouted was that we were dictated to by the EU and the Brexit would give freedoms. It was BS in every way given that the things blamed on the EU were local UK decisions. Don’t be like us in the UK. Stick together and screw Trump.Stick together and screw Trump!
Greenland is not part of the EU. An EU declaration of this style would make it appear that they are just two powers legitimately fighting for control of that territory.
Greenland is not 100% part of the EU, but it is an OCT (Overseas Countries and Territories) of it. That means that it gets many of the EU membership benefits, such as free travel for its citizens and the ability to receive EU funds.
I guess the Greenlanders itself should start choosing a side.
Indeed, they are not part of the EU, as you say and I said before. The fact that we have certain bilateral treaties so that they benefit from some things does not change the above, we can give EU funds to African countries as aid or have freedom of movement in Switzerland but neither case nor other makes them “somewhat members” of the EU.
It makes sense since Greenland isn’t part of the EU.
There are leaders, and there are absent leaders.
Its probably better this way. The EU is mostly an economic block, it is not strictly meant for this kind of politics. There is no military force, only economic force to back a EU statement. The joint statement of these countries as they’ve done now, is much more realistic. And they could still escalate to try using the EU s economic force if that is necessary.
It’s not an either/or, the statement could have come from leaders of national countries and eu politicians.
