Overview
- France, Germany, Sweden and Norway have sent small detachments to Greenland under Denmark’s Arctic Endurance exercise running Thursday to Saturday.
- Deployments are modest—about 15 French alpine troops, a 13‑member German reconnaissance team, two Norwegians and a few Swedes—with additional officers from the Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom joining.
- Wednesday’s Washington meeting among U.S., Danish and Greenland officials ended with what Denmark called a fundamental disagreement over U.S. intentions to acquire the island.
- The Russian embassy in Brussels condemned the move as NATO militarisation of the North, while the White House said the European deployments do not alter President Trump’s objective of acquiring Greenland.
- France announced it will open a consulate in Greenland on February 6, as EU leaders voiced support for Denmark and affirmed that Greenland belongs to its inhabitants.