Macron travels to Nuuk to stand with Greenland and Denmark against the US
Emmanuel Macron's remark did not go unnoticed. Opening the "The abyss is not for sale, any more than Greenland is up for grabs." In the audience, the newly elected prime minister of the Danish autonomous territory, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who won the legislative elections on March 11, was pleased. On Facebook, the leader of the center-right Demokraatit party celebrated this "strong and encouraging message," noting that "France has supported" Greenland "since the first statements [by American president Donald Trump] on the acquisition of our country."
In this context, it is hardly surprising that Macron is being welcomed with open arms in Greenland, where he is scheduled to stop on Sunday, June 15, en route to the G7 summit opening in Canada that same evening. The visit is unprecedented in several respects: Not only will it be the first time a French president has traveled to the island, but Macron will also be the first foreign head of state to visit Nuuk since Trump threatened annexation and the resulting diplomatic crisis between Copenhagen and Washington.
Notably, unlike US Vice President JD Vance and his spouse, who had to limit their March 28 visit to the Pituffik military base due to protests from local residents and political leaders opposed to their arrival, the French president was officially invited by Greenland's prime minister, who also extended the invitation to Denmark's head of government, Mette Frederiksen.
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