Morning opening: You are (not) welcome right here
In regular instances, a go to by a US vice-president could be actively sought by many allied nations as a helpful present of shut relations with Washington.
However as of late are gone. When JD Vance touches down at Pituffik house base in Greenland within the afternoon, there might be no Danish representatives to welcome him there, they usually had been open about the truth that he’s, in truth, not welcome there, no less than not anyplace exterior the US base.
However then, these will not be regular instances, and it isn’t tough to see why Danish politicians will not be enthusiastic about more and more thinly veiled threats of US plans to take management over Greenland – even towards the desire of its folks.
It marks a dramatic shift from the shut alliance between Denmark and the US, as Copenhagen now faces what nonetheless appears like a surreal state of affairs of getting to defend part of their nation – which repeatedly confirmed little interest in turning into part of the US – from the more and more assertive US administration.
Earlier this week, US president Donald Trump stated:
“It’s an island that from a defensive posture, and even offensive posture, is something we need, especially with the world the way it is, and we’re going to have to have it.”
“So, I think we’ll go as far as we have to go. We need Greenland and the world needs us to have Greenland, including Denmark.”
These phrases will inevitably body the best way immediately’s go to might be perceived in Europe. A supply within the Danish authorities is quoted in immediately’s Berlingske as worrying that Denmark might face its model of “the Crimea script,” a reference to the Russian unlawful occupation of the Ukrainian territory in 2014.
“For Denmark, this is the biggest foreign policy crisis since the second world war,” Jon Rahbek Clemmensen, Head of Analysis on the Heart for Arctic Safety Research of the Royal Danish Defence Faculty, instructed TV2.
There are nonetheless many unknowns in regards to the programme of the go to – there are solely so many issues you are able to do in one of many world’s most remoted locations – however Copenhagen significantly fears that Vance might use the journey to ship a speech furthering the US claims to Greenland. He has a kind with provocative speeches in Europe, in spite of everything.
Regardless of earlier stories, the US vice-president might nonetheless be joined by senior officers, nationwide safety adviser Mike Waltz and power secretary Chris Wright, highlighting the unusually excessive profile of the go to.
Let’s see.
However it’s maybe not a coincidence that it’s additionally that immediately that 4 of the 5 events within the new Greenlandic parliament – all besides essentially the most pro-independence, pro-American Naleraq – are planning to announce the formation of a brand new authorities, simply hours earlier than Vance will get to the island.
I’ll carry you all the important thing updates on this all through the day and extra tales from France, Germany, and throughout Europe.
It’s Friday, 28 March 2025, and that is Europe dwell. It’s Jakub Krupa right here.
Good morning.
Key occasions
‘Welcome to the top of the world’ – location
Miranda Bryant
When JD Vance and his delegation contact down at Pituffik house base in Greenland on Friday, they are going to be greeted by the phrases: “Welcome to the top of the world.”
In addition to being the US’s most northerly navy base – and its just one on the huge Arctic island – additionally it is among the many world’s most remoted locations.
For 9 months of the 12 months, the bottom (previously often known as Thule airbase) in north-western Greenland is locked in by ice, though it stays accessible by airplane all year long. For 3 months there is no such thing as a daylight.
The strategically necessary website – about 932 miles (1,500km) from Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, 750 miles (1,207km) north of the Arctic Circle, and throughout Baffin Bay from Nunavut in Canada – performs an important function in US missile detection.
House to an upgraded early warning radar weapon system that may detect ballistic missiles, the bottom additionally screens house for particles from decommissioned satellites and is dwelling to the world’s most northerly deep-water port.
JD Vance to face frosty reception in Greenland – evaluation
Miranda Bryant
The go to to Pituffik, a distant ice-locked US navy base in northwestern Greenland, might be intently watched by leaders in Nuuk and Copenhagen, who’ve aired their opposition to the journey amid ongoing threats by Donald Trump to amass Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.
“It’s safe to say we would rather not have him [Vance] in Greenland,” a authorities supply in Copenhagen stated.
The temper in Copenhagen was understood to be apprehensive. On Thursday, the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen stated: “Greenland is part of the Danish kingdom. That is not going to change.”
In the meantime Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Denmark’s minister for international affairs, stated Vance wouldn’t be greeted by Danish politicians at Pituffik as a result of “it has nothing to do with us”.
“This is about an American vice-president who is going to visit his own military installation in Greenland. It has nothing to do with us,” he stated.
Morning opening: You are (not) welcome right here
In regular instances, a go to by a US vice-president could be actively sought by many allied nations as a helpful present of shut relations with Washington.
However as of late are gone. When JD Vance touches down at Pituffik house base in Greenland within the afternoon, there might be no Danish representatives to welcome him there, they usually had been open about the truth that he’s, in truth, not welcome there, no less than not anyplace exterior the US base.
However then, these will not be regular instances, and it isn’t tough to see why Danish politicians will not be enthusiastic about more and more thinly veiled threats of US plans to take management over Greenland – even towards the desire of its folks.
It marks a dramatic shift from the shut alliance between Denmark and the US, as Copenhagen now faces what nonetheless appears like a surreal state of affairs of getting to defend part of their nation – which repeatedly confirmed little interest in turning into part of the US – from the more and more assertive US administration.
Earlier this week, US president Donald Trump stated:
“It’s an island that from a defensive posture, and even offensive posture, is something we need, especially with the world the way it is, and we’re going to have to have it.”
“So, I think we’ll go as far as we have to go. We need Greenland and the world needs us to have Greenland, including Denmark.”
These phrases will inevitably body the best way immediately’s go to might be perceived in Europe. A supply within the Danish authorities is quoted in immediately’s Berlingske as worrying that Denmark might face its model of “the Crimea script,” a reference to the Russian unlawful occupation of the Ukrainian territory in 2014.
“For Denmark, this is the biggest foreign policy crisis since the second world war,” Jon Rahbek Clemmensen, Head of Analysis on the Heart for Arctic Safety Research of the Royal Danish Defence Faculty, instructed TV2.
There are nonetheless many unknowns in regards to the programme of the go to – there are solely so many issues you are able to do in one of many world’s most remoted locations – however Copenhagen significantly fears that Vance might use the journey to ship a speech furthering the US claims to Greenland. He has a kind with provocative speeches in Europe, in spite of everything.
Regardless of earlier stories, the US vice-president might nonetheless be joined by senior officers, nationwide safety adviser Mike Waltz and power secretary Chris Wright, highlighting the unusually excessive profile of the go to.
Let’s see.
However it’s maybe not a coincidence that it’s additionally that immediately that 4 of the 5 events within the new Greenlandic parliament – all besides essentially the most pro-independence, pro-American Naleraq – are planning to announce the formation of a brand new authorities, simply hours earlier than Vance will get to the island.
I’ll carry you all the important thing updates on this all through the day and extra tales from France, Germany, and throughout Europe.
It’s Friday, 28 March 2025, and that is Europe dwell. It’s Jakub Krupa right here.
Good morning.
