US intervention in Greenland 'existential threat for NATO' and Europe, Vestager tells Euronews

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US intervention in Greenland 'existential threat for NATO' and Europe, Vestager tells Euronews  Former Danish Minister and European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told Euronews' flagship morning show Europe Today that a US intervention in Greenland represents “the most existential threat to NATO” in its history.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/01/13/us-intervention-in-greenland-existential-threat-for-nato-and-europe-vestager-tells-euronew  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Former Danish Minister and former European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager warned about

00:07the consequences of a possible U.S. intervention in Greenland in Euronews flagship Morning Show

00:12Europe today. I know that President Trump says that he's not reined in by anything but his own

00:19morals, but even for that, to do that for one nature country to attack another nature country

00:25for territory. That would be, I think, the most existential threat to NATO. Vestager said existing

00:32treaties between the U.S. and Denmark allow for further cooperation on the ground without a transfer

00:37of Greenland. She also noted that Copenhagen has a long-established commitment to NATO and global

00:43security. When you look at the asks of security and cooperation on minerals, there is, I think,

00:52a very open approach from the Greenlandic government and population and, of course, also from a Danish

00:57side. And there's been a long-standing cooperation. The treaty with the U.S. goes back to 51 as when

01:03it comes to security. Trump argues the strategically located territory is crucial to U.S. national

01:10security as a counterpoint to Russian and Chinese prisons in the Arctic. Denmark and Greenland have

01:16firmly rejected the claims and reiterated that the territory is not for sale.

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