The French president, Emmanuel Macron, criticized Donald Trump’s desire on Sunday, June 15 to Annexar Greenland and expressed the “European solidarity” for this Danish autonomous territory during his visit to the Arctic Island.
Emmanuel Macron is the first foreign state of state to set foot in this territory, large as France four times and covered at 80% ice, from the annexes of Donald Trump.
The French president arrived around 11:20 am local in Nuuk, where dozens of Greenlandés were waiting for him in his descent from the plane stirring a flag of Greenland.
“Concrete testimony of the European Unity”
“I come (…) to say the solidarity of France and the European Union for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of this territory and to face the challenges that are of economic growth, climate emergency, education,” said Emmanuel Macron, in the presence of the Danish prime minister, says Frederiksen and the head of the Greenlandic government, Jens Frederik Internet.
He expressed to journalists his disagreement with Donald Trump’s desire to seize the autonomous territory, believing that “this is not what is done among the allies.”
The US president, who invokes reasons of “international security”, aims to obtain this island, the largest in the world, rich in rare metals, by all means, including the army if necessary.
Emmanuel Macron began visiting a Danish frigate where he reviewed the Danish troops before an interview with the Danish leaders and Greenland.
The Danish prime minister welcomed this “concrete testimony of the European unit.”
JD Vance Visit Visit
A welcome that contrasts with the reserved for American vice president JD Vance on March 28. The latter had to be confined to the American military base of Pituffik, on the northwest coast of Greenland, in front of the shouts excited by its arrival.
The population, 57,000 inhabitants, mainly Inuit, rejects any perspective of becoming American. Denmark is also a hammer that Greenland “is not on sale.”
JD Vance had accused Denmark during his visit of not having done a good job for the people of Greenland, “especially in economic matters, and” he did not assure his safety well. “
The Pituffik base, which is found in the shortest trajectory of missiles between Russia and the United States, is a crucial American defense link.
The Arctic also becomes a safety problem in the rare race and the new sea roads that are made possible by global warming.
Given the objectives of all stripes, Denmark announced that it will dedicate two billion euros to strengthen security in the Arctic.
NATO, meanwhile, will install a air operations command and control center (CAOC) in Norway, on the polar circle, while Russia seeks to consolidate its military power in the region.
Fonte des glaciers
A few days before the presidential visit, two buildings of the French Navy along Greenland to the north end to familiarize the operations in the Arctic Zone.
If the climatic conditions allow it, Emmanuel Macron must realize the growing impact of global warming on a Mont Nunatarsuaq glacier, about thirty kilometers from Nuuk.
The ice melted 17 times faster than the historical average between May 15 and 21 in Greenland, the result of a record heat wave.
France intends to “massively reinvest the knowledge of these ecosystems”, in the tradition of the explorer Paul-Emile Victor, who made multiple expeditions on the island, emphasizes the Elysium.
The authorities of Groenland recently classified their refuge, the “French polar expeditions base” built in 1950 in the Bay of Quervain (north), as a historic building.
Unlike Denmark, Greenland is not part of the European Union, but is registered in the list of foreign territories associated with the EU.
“This will be an opportunity to mention the best possible architecture, the best possible place or the best possible cooperation scheme between the European Union and Greenland,” says Elysée.
Source: BFM TV
