00:00Dutch Prime Minister-elect Robert Jetten said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's
00:06territorial ambitions in Greenland were a wake-up call for Europe. The centrist D66 leader stressed
00:13the need for stronger European cooperation to ensure security and prosperity, rather
00:20than focusing on the United States. Jetten made the comments after presenting his policy
00:25blueprint alongside his minority coalition partners. We can continue talking and complaining
00:32about the U.S., but what we should do instead is make sure that the European cooperation is
00:37strengthened, that we can guarantee security and prosperity for our own citizens. And so one of
00:44my first things that I will do as soon as I'm in office is talk to my colleagues in Europe to see
00:50what role the Dutch can play again in strengthening the European cooperation. Jetten said he would
00:55still seek closer cooperation with Washington on security, Ukraine and the economy. Last week,
01:01Trump dropped threatened tariffs on eight European nations, including the Netherlands,
01:06amid his push for control of Greenland.
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