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European Commission chief says trade diversification needed to reduce Brussels’ dependency on the U.S.

“It is now even clearer that this is an issue that reaches far beyond our own borders,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.

Senior politicians want the EU to deploy its trade bazooka against the United States over Trump’s Greenland claims. Capitals aren’t so sure.

The pact, designed to avoid hefty tariffs on European exports, cannot be passed in light of Washington’s threats against Greenland, lawmakers say.

Emergency EU meeting set for Sunday afternoon to plan a response after Trump announced 10 percent tariffs on allies opposed to his designs on Greenland.

U.S. president’s bid to acquire Greenland has dismayed long-time allies and pushed the NATO alliance to the brink.

Countries including France, Germany and Sweden said they will send military personnel to the Arctic island for training exercises.

The alliance is already broken, officials say, so why not threaten to cut ties with America on military collaboration? 

Emmanuel Macron also pledged higher defense spending and criticized French defense contractors in a wide-ranging speech.

The deployment comes as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies talk of taking over the Arctic island.

The International brotherhood of monetary mandarins is up in arms about what they see as a political attack on an upstanding colleague.

Andrius Kubilius is the most senior EU official to have backed up Danish PM on her assertion the Greenland issue could kill the alliance.

Nordic diplomats tell the FT intelligence shows no Russian or Chinese ship presence near Greenland, challenging Washington’s justification for control.

“One for all, and all for one,” Polish prime minister urges as U.S. strikes Venezuela and threatens Greenland.

Finnish authorities suspect “aggravated sabotage” of a cable linking Finland and Estonia.

From “driving the DLR” to “island of strangers,” Westminster was hit by a tidal wave of strange terminology this year.

From trade to defense, EU countries are eager to take charge of their own destiny. They just can’t agree on how.

For the first time, European companies have been called out amid ongoing trade negotiations.

Plans for an Eastern Flank Watch and European Drone Defence Initiative are facing opposition from countries including France, Germany and Hungary.