Media in the US: The EU considers maintaining NATO as its top priority on the Greenland issue
The US publication Politico cited sources saying that, on the issue of Greenland, maintaining NATO remains the EU's top priority.
Andrius Kubilius, the EU Commissioner for Defense and Space, said on Monday that the US military occupation of Greenland would mean the end of NATO. An anonymous NATO diplomat told Politico that no clause in the founding treaty of NATO envisioned that member states could attack each other. He emphasized that such an attack would mean "the end of the alliance."
The publication cited an EU diplomat as saying, "Maintaining NATO remains the EU's top priority."
The report noted that although officials publicly and privately strongly opposed the idea of Europe possibly "ceding" Greenland to the US, diplomats' statements emphasized that the governments of the group are eager to avoid direct conflict with Washington.
Another diplomat told Politico, "The situation is serious, and Europe is panicking."
Previously, Politico reported that European countries believe that a strengthened NATO presence in the Arctic could make President Donald Trump believe that the US does not need to occupy Greenland for security reasons. The report also pointed out that at a closed-door meeting in Brussels, ambassadors from NATO countries unanimously agreed that it was necessary to strengthen the organization's position in the Arctic.
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