Overview

• Parliament voted 94–11 in favour of the bill, which now awaits King Frederik X’s royal assent.
• The legislation broadens a 2023 defence pact by granting U.S. forces expanded access to Danish airbases.
• Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen confirmed Denmark can terminate the agreement if the U.S. attempts to annex Greenland.
• Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen reiterated that the island will never be for sale and decried past U.S. remarks as disrespectful.
• Critics warn the move risks ceding Danish sovereignty even as Copenhagen asserts Greenland’s autonomy.