Tensions simmering over Greenland have prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to rally Europe with a sobering strategic alert. In Wednesday’s Paris summit with Danish and Greenland officials, he branded U.S. advances a continent-wide ‘wake-up call,’ pledging France’s solidarity.
Macron unpacked the multifaceted challenges: shoring up sovereignty, Arctic safeguards, fighting foreign influence and fake news, climate resilience, sustainable paths, and slashing vulnerabilities via bespoke collaborations. He recommitted France to EU-wide principles of territorial sanctity per UN standards.
Joining in, PM Mette Frederiksen of Denmark pushed for NATO’s heightened engagement in the critical Greenland-High North zone. Greenland’s Jens-Frederik Nielsen had earlier, on January 22 in Nuuk, vowed no compromise on sovereignty, anchoring the territory firmly in Denmark despite U.S. entreaties.
Greenland operates autonomously under Danish defense and foreign policy reins. Trump’s 2025 revival of acquisition talks has met stonewalling from Europe. As geopolitical chess intensifies with Arctic openings, Macron’s vision charts a proactive European course, blending unity, innovation, and deterrence for enduring security.