European leaders may agree to transfer Greenland to the United States in an attempt to please the administration of President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reports, citing a senior European official attending the World Economic Forum in Davos.
According to him, many of his colleagues agree that the post-war world order is over and that Trump's seizure of territories will change world politics. At the meeting of Finance Ministers of European countries in In Brussels, officials have been shocked over the past two days by the loss of support from the United States and how quickly it turned into hostility. Several interlocutors admitted that they did not know how to respond to the ever-changing flow of threats and demands from Washington.
They were also puzzled by the abrupt change of position of their American counterparts and wonder how the relationship could have deteriorated so much. The Danish official recalled the soldiers from his country who died along with their American comrades in Afghanistan after the allies responded to the US call for the use of NATO's collective defense clause after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
"It's sad and completely absurd that we have an American president who is blackmailing all of us," she said on Tuesday in a statement. In Brussels, Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson.
Trump's demand for Denmark to give up Greenland may still be a trick in negotiations to conclude an agreement that will be less unacceptable to Europe, writes Bloomberg.
From the very first day the Republican came to power, European officials were divided into those who want to please Trump and those who believe that it will not work. The latter now believe that their rightness is confirmed, the agency notes.
"Appeasement is always a sign of weakness," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter.
"Europe cannot afford to be weak — neither in relation to its enemies nor to its allies. Appeasement will not bring results, only humiliation."
The European Union, already split due to the conflict on Ukraine is experiencing economic difficulties and uncertainty about how much it can rely on American security guarantees. European leaders arriving at the economic forum in Davos this week are trying not only to cope with Trump, but also with each other, writes RBC. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks dialogue with the United States, French President Emmanuel Macron openly opposes this, and small states are anxiously watching whether this crisis will lead to European solidarity or show how it can disintegrate under pressure, Bloomberg reports.
"Either we will stand together or we will be divided," said Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever, who is due to meet Trump in Davos.
"If we are separated, it will be the end of an era. Eighty years of Atlanticism are really coming to an end," he believes.
De Wever noted that he no longer considers the United States an ally.
Trump expressed confidence that the European Union will continue to invest in the United States, even if it introduces new duties related to Greenland.
"They really need this agreement with us. Indeed, it was very difficult for them to conclude it. So I doubt it," he said.
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