Denmark on Monday announced a $2 billion security plan for the Arctic ahead of a visit by the country's prime minister to Berlin, Paris and Brussels to shore up "European unity" on Greenland. The announcement…
Greenland is, for the time being, unless and until Greenland decides otherwise, EU territory. The EU’s mutual defence clause is not voluntary, it’s “obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in [the member state’s] power”. All the means, not just any. Only way to get out of that is to be a traditionally neutral country which, with Finland and Sweden aligned, now should only be Austria.
Greenland is, for the time being, unless and until Greenland decides otherwise, EU territory. The EU’s mutual defence clause is not voluntary, it’s “obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in [the member state’s] power”. All the means, not just any. Only way to get out of that is to be a traditionally neutral country which, with Finland and Sweden aligned, now should only be Austria.