Denmark, Greenland leaders head to Berlin, Paris to shore up support over crisis

The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland said on Tuesday they would visit Berlin and Paris to shore up support over U.S. President Donald Trump's recent push to take over the Arctic island that has been Danish territory for centuries.



The U.S. demand for control of Greenland has shaken transatlantic relations and accelerated European efforts to reduce dependence on the United States, even as Trump last week withdrew tariff threats and ruled out taking Greenland by force.



Denmark's Mette Frederiksen and Greenland's Jens-Frederik Nielsen will meet German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday and French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, official schedules showed.



Frederiksen and Nielsen would discuss "the current foreign policy situation and the need for a strengthened Europe" in their meetings, the Danish prime minister's office said.