"French President Emmanuel Macron has called on NATO allies to conduct a military exercise in Greenland in response to US President Donald Trump's increasing bellicose rhetoric regarding the Danish territory. "France calls for a NATO exercise in Greenland and is ready to contribute to it," Macron's office said on Wednesday ahead of Trump's arrival at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he is expected to escalate his push for acquiring the Arctic territory."
"It was not immediately clear if the proposed exercise would involve troops from the US, which is by far the biggest military power in the alliance. Speaking in Davos on Tuesday, Macron responded to Trump's threat to impose tariffs with scathing criticism and an insistence that Europe would not give in to bullies or be intimidated. The Trump administration has claimed that the US should control Greenland for geopolitical reasons as the opening up of new Arctic sea lanes due to global warming"
France called for a NATO military exercise in Greenland and offered to contribute forces amid escalating U.S. interest in acquiring the Danish territory. The call came ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's arrival at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he was expected to press his Greenland proposal. It remained unclear whether the exercise would include U.S. troops. Macron publicly rebuked Trump's tariff threats and vowed European resistance to intimidation. The U.S. administration cited Arctic geopolitical shifts from warming-driven new sea lanes and rising Russia-China competition as justification for seeking control of Greenland. NATO leaders warned such moves risk undermining the alliance.
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