'No nation or a group of nations is in any position to be able to secure Greenland, other than the United States,' US president Donald Trump said on Wednesday in Davos (Photo: World Economic Forum)

Analysis

EU leaders to struggle with Trump's new world order at Greenland tariffs summit

EU & the World

EU Political

by Elena Sánchez Nicolás, Brussels,

As EU leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday evening (22 January) for an emergency summit on the new Donald Trump tariff threats, a stark dilemma looms over their discussions: how to defend Europe’s sovereignty and economic interests without blowing up the post-war transatlantic security architecture it still depends on.

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Elena is EUobserver's editor-in-chief. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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'No nation or a group of nations is in any position to be able to secure Greenland, other than the United States,' US president Donald Trump said on Wednesday in Davos (Photo: World Economic Forum)