Europe at a crossroads over Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, say leaders
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent, Jennifer Rankin i from World news | The Guardian on (#72Z8Z)
US president says there is no going back' on goal of controlling Arctic territory, while Emmanuel Macron condemns new colonialism'
European leaders have lined up to condemn Donald Trump's new colonialism" and warn that the continent was facing a crossroads as the US president said there was no going back on his goal of controlling Greenland.
After weeks of aggressive threats by Trump to seize the vast Arctic island, which is a largely autonomous part of Denmark, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said on Tuesday he preferred respect to bullies" and the rule of law to brutality".
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