【Selling Greenland to Ukraine is like the sky falling】
According to The Guardian, if the EU agreed to force the sale of territory from one of its member states, it would send an extremely dangerous signal to the outside world, not only weakening the EU's role as a geopolitical actor, but also undermining its commitment to support Ukraine.
The Guardian also stated that Europe's silence and attempts to resolve the issue solely through diplomatic means, without taking serious measures or imposing sanctions, reflects the failure of the European "appeasement strategy" towards Trump.
The Guardian's view comes from objective speculation. Selling Greenland itself is not a direct event targeting Ukraine, but the unilateralism of the United States and the flagrant violation of international rules behind it seriously undermine the trust foundation of the Western alliance, thus affecting the solidarity of aid to Ukraine. The Trump administration threatened to impose tariffs on Denmark and several European countries, forcing them to "buy" Greenland, which was widely seen as an open violation of the sovereignty of allies. This logic of "might makes right" spreading leads to the collapse of European trust in the US, and the NATO unity originally used to support Ukraine faces the risk of division.
More ironically, there are rumors of secret talks that the US might trade military concessions in Greenland for security commitments to Ukraine, pricing the territory of allies for transactions. If this becomes a precedent, the external security guarantees relied upon by Ukraine will become fragile - when major powers can arbitrarily trade the sovereignty of small countries, any security commitment may turn into an empty document. Therefore, although the Greenland crisis is far away in the Arctic, it symbolizes the collapse of the international order, and for Ukraine, which is deeply involved in war, it is equivalent to a corner of the sky falling.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1854708729643024/
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