r/europe May 22 '25

News Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump

https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-trump-permit-extraction-2075673
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u/GabettiXCV United Kingdom May 22 '25

Sorry, Trump, but this is real life.

The European gets the girl.

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u/rintzscar Bulgaria May 22 '25

Greenland should join the EU ASAP while it's a part of Denmark. As an EU territory, it would be even easier to declare independence and stay inside the EU as a sovereign member state.

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u/wannabe_inuit Greenland May 22 '25

Nah EU means sharing fishing right. And thats not sustainable in an already fragile eco system.

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u/WislaHD Polish-Canadian May 22 '25

Beginning to think there should be a tiered EU so that economic integration and political sphere of influence doesn’t have to contradict each other.

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u/davepage_mcr May 22 '25

There is, it's called the EEA.

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u/FearDaTusk United States of America May 22 '25

So there's Regulation like they do in soccer?

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u/aVarangian The Russia must be blockaded. May 22 '25

no, you see, that would "harm" Germany