Why Macron invitations himself into the geopolitical battle of Greenland | EUROtoday
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“MAcron touched the hearts of the Greenlanders. There is little doubt that he will be welcomed with fervor on Sunday when he landed at Nuuk airport (the capital). “Poul Krarup, director of the Media Sermitsiaq group for nearly three many years (1989-2017), is” convinced “, anticipating” an almost a president of rock star to a president considered a great friend of the Inuit, their defender since the first insistent announcements in January of the head of the White House to seize their land “.
The President of the Republic is anticipated to be firmly anticipated within the capital of Greenland, Danish abroad territory, for a day go to to this strategic Arctic island, coveted by US President Donald Trump who desires to amass in any respect prices which he considers “extremely important for the security of the United States”.
Read too American intelligence mobilized for the conquest of Greenland “Macron was one of the first, if not the first, to oppose Trump’s expansionist ambitions loud and clear in Europe in Greenland, and he did not exclude the sending of troops to the island to ward off the American annexes if the Groenland and Danish authorities wished,” he mentioned Point To clarify the recognition of the Elysée tenant inside the inhabitants on the island and the native authorities.
As an indication of recognition of this essential help, the Groenlandian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Research, Vivian Motzfeldt, had visited from May 23 to 27 in Paris to offer an invite to Emmanuel Macron to go to his nation. She additionally took the chance to change together with her counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, and the Minister of Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, on the strengthening of political, scientific and financial cooperation between Greenland and France.
The starting of a strategic rapprochement?
This historic go to marks the desire of the federal government of Nuuk to make its personal voice heard on the diplomatic scene, which is an space, constitutionally, of the spring of Copenhagen. For his first official journey as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the brand new “Arc-en-ciel” authorities from final March legislative elections, Vivian Motzfeldt thought-about it “important to give priority to a visit to France, which was an important support for Greenland throughout the last months”, congratulating the “great renewed support of [leurs] French colleagues and closer bilateral cooperation between Greenland and France ”.
Discreet, almost unnoticed, “this go to is however wealthy in symbols and will mark the start of a strategic rapprochement between Paris and Nuuk, at a time when Greenland stands out as a central actor of the Arctic”, notes, in a chronicle of ThrillerArthur Amelot, French expert in polar policies. The island could thus be a privileged economic partner of France, which decided to invest in 2023 a billion euros in its polar strategy by 2030.
Read too Greenland, an American obsession for 150 yearsIf Greenland has a number of critical mineral resources, “it additionally has a robust hydroelectric potential”, which ensures almost 87 % of the island’s electricity consumption and “which continues to be little valued”, according to this consultant with the European Commission.
Aware of these opportunities, Greenlandic leaders have invited several years in recent years, including France, to Future Greenland Conference, a forum to attract American and European investors to its territory rich in essential critical minerals for advanced technologies and the energy transition, but also in water (Greenland, with an area of 2.2 million km2is covered with more than 80 % ice).
The Danish presence criticized
This was the case in May 2024, when “a excessive chief of EDF was in a position to testify to the curiosity of French gamers within the Greenlandic power sector”, notes Arthur Amelot, believing that “this funding potential presents France a strategic alternative to register sustainably within the financial and power growth of this key area of the Arctic”.
The question of the development of sustainable energy and the supply of critical minerals, as well as security in the North Atlantic and the Arctic appear on the menu for discussions between President Macron and his host, the Groenland Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, accompanied by the Danish government’s head, puts Frederiksen.
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But the presence of the Danish chief in Nuuk created an argument within the native parliament. The chief of the opposition, Pele Broberg, president of the independence occasion Naleraq, urged “starts to stay at home”. “We don’t need Danish spying in negotiations” with Emmanuel Macron.
“She should just stay with her. If it was Denmark that the French president wanted to visit, he would have gone to Denmark and not to Greenland, “he mentioned in an announcement. Greenland can nicely handle this go to alone, on behalf of the Kingdom of Denmark, and is ready to handle the leaders of the world. A strategy to eliminate the too heavy Danish guardianship.
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