French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, pictured on January 3, 2025, said the EU would not tolerate attacks on its territory after Donald Trump called on the United States to take control of Greenland.
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The European Union will not tolerate attacks on its borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, following President-elect Donald Trump's reiteration that taking Greenland under US control Is “necessity“
In interview In an interview with France Inter radio station, Jean-Noël Barrot said that the bloc's 27 member states would never accept any attack attempts on EU territory.
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, making it an overseas country and territory (OCT) associated with the EU.
“There is no doubt that the European Union would allow any other nation in the world, whoever it may be – I would even say, starting with Russia – to attack its sovereign borders,” Barrot said, according to a CNBC translation. “We are a strong continent, we need to become even stronger.”
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