After raiding Venezuela and kidnapping its president Nicolas Maduro, Washington has repeated threats to annex Greenland<\/p>\n
The US is increasingly distancing itself from some of its allies and retreating from international rules, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. The comment comes a week after Washington conducted a military raid on Venezuela and threatened once again to annex Denmark\u2019s autonomous territory of Greenland.
\nEarlier this month, American commandos carried out a series of airstrikes on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and several other regions of the country, while abducting President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. US President Donald Trump on Friday told journalists that a military option was on the table regarding Greenland, which he claimed would be taken over by China or Russia if Washington did not act.
\n\u201cWe are evolving in a world of great powers, with a real temptation to divide up the world among them,\u201d Macron said in his annual speech to French ambassadors commenting on the latest developments.
\n\u201cThe US has an established power, but one that is gradually turning away from some of its allies and freeing itself from international rules that it was still promoting not so long ago \u2013 whether in the field of trade or certain elements of security,\u201d the French leader highlighted.<\/p>\n
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Macron also said that France and the EU are currently \u201cfacing neo-colonial aggression\u201d while being \u201csubjected to anti-colonial rhetoric that no longer corresponds to reality.\u201d\u00a0
\nTrump has sought outright ownership of Greenland since his first term, stressing that the island is vital to Arctic security. The claims have become a major source of tension between Washington and European NATO members.
\nOn Monday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said a US annexation of Greenland would effectively signal the end of NATO. The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the UK later joined her in a statement saying that the island \u201cbelongs to its people.\u201d
\nOn Friday, Trump said he would like to go the \u201ceasy way\u201d regarding Greenland. He did not rule out paying Greenlanders when asked about compensation, but stressed that Washington would \u201cdo it the hard way\u201d if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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