Overview
- Greenland’s party leaders and Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the parliament will convene earlier than planned to defend self-determination, with the date not yet set.
- Britain has discussed with Germany and France a potential deployment and a possible NATO mission to Greenland, with plans described as preliminary and aimed at strengthening Arctic security.
- Politico reports the EU could consider endorsing an expanded U.S. role on the island in exchange for firm U.S. support for Ukraine, while Bloomberg sources say Germany is floating a NATO monitoring mission tentatively dubbed Arctic Sentinel.
- Financial Times reports concern in Europe over NATO’s quiet response, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that any U.S. attack on a NATO country would jeopardize the alliance.
- Former U.S. congressman Don Ritter said a forcible American seizure is “not going to happen,” pointing to political talks with Denmark and noting Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting Danish officials this week.