Macron visits Greenland to signal European resolve
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T HERE ARE two ways of looking at the trip made by Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, to Greenland on June 15th. At one level it was a defiant message to America’s Donald Trump, who continues to threaten to annex the island,
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his country's solidarity with Greenland on Sunday in light of US President Donald Trump's ambitions regarding the Danish territory. He stopped there en route to the G7 Summit in Canada alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
By Dominique Vidalon and Stine Jacobsen PARIS/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron, during a visit to Greenland to offer his support to the Arctic island, said on Sunday that Russia lacked the credibility to mediate the crisis between Israel and Iran as U.
The French president is visiting the Danish autonomous territory on Sunday. He will meet with Greenland's prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and Denmark's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen.
French President Emmanuel Macron's first trip to Greenland is aimed at shoring up Europe's political backing for Denmark and its semiautonomous territory.
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