France on Wednesday warned Donald Trump against threatening the “sovereign borders” of the European Union after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark.
“There is no question of the EU letting other nations in the world, whoever they may be... attack its sovereign borders,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio, AFP reported.
“We are a strong continent. We need to strengthen ourselves more,” he added.
Barrot described Greenland as “European territory”. Greenland is associated with the European Union through Denmark, of which it is a self-governing territory.
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"I do not get any impression that we are in any foreign policy crisis," Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told Danish media. "I do get the impression that the president on his way into the White House has a heightened focus on the Arctic.
"I think we can all do ourselves a favor and turn down the pulse a little bit,” he added. “I have my own experiences with Donald Trump, and also know that it is not everything you think that you should say aloud."