Macron in an interview: The crisis over Greenland is not over

On Tuesday morning, French President Emanuel Macron stated in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde that the crisis over Donald Trump's desire to annex Greenland is not over.

He was asked by Le Monde about Europe's reaction to Trump's threats to take over Greenland and new tariff threats against Europe in this regard.

Macron describes that it is not in place for European sighs of relief and believes that the crisis could flare up again:

- People thought it was over. But don't believe it for a single second. Every day there are threats regarding the pharmaceutical sector, digital technology... When there is a clear act of aggression, I believe that we must not bow our heads or try to find a compromise. We have tried that strategy for months. It does not pay off, says Macron.

A famous actor was in the audience when four American senators held a press conference on Monday morning about their stay in Greenland.

Viggo Mortensen was in the audience along with Inatsisartut politicians Erik Jensen (S) and Pipaluk Lynge (IA). Mortensen is both an American and Danish citizen.

He was wearing a T-shirt with a polar bear and a pin on his jacket with the message 'Greenland is not for sale'.

As an actor, Viggo Mortensen is best known for his role as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings films.

In January, he joined the foreign policy debate with a debate piece for the media outlet Sjællandske. Here, he called President Donald Trump a bully who must be met with a strong response.

Read more about the senators' press conference in this article.

The American delegation of politicians, who are currently visiting Greenland, will hold a press conference on Monday morning at 10:15 at Hotel Hans Egede in Nuuk.

This was announced by the US consulate in Nuuk in a press release.

The announcement states that Senators Angus King (Independent) and Lisa Murkowski (R) will lead the delegation, which will be in Nuuk until Monday.

Lisa Murkowski is a Republican senator from Alaska, and she is known to be critical of her party colleague, President Donald Trump.

The delegation arrived on Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday morning the American politicians will meet with the Inatsisartut Foreign and Security Policy Committee.

A delegation of American politicians will be in Nuuk on Sunday.

Not much has been released to the public about the program, but at 11 am on Sunday morning they will meet with Inatsisartut's Foreign and Security Policy Committee.

This is reported by DR, and committee chairman Pipaluk Lynge (IA) confirms the meeting to Sermitsiaq.

The Americans landed in Nuuk on Saturday at 4 pm.

A US Air Force has just landed in Nuuk at 4 pm.

It is expected that the passengers on the plane are the US delegation, who will be meeting with Greenlandic politicians.

According to Sermitsiaq's information, US Senator Lisa Murkowski is expected to be among the participants.

It is not yet known how many American politicians will be in Greenland this weekend. The American consulate has stated in an email that it is Naalakkersuisut that has invited for a dialogue.

To Sermitsiaq, Naalakkersuisut for Foreign Affairs Vivian Motzfeldt (S) has stated that the topic will be the current international political situation.

The US consulate in Nuuk announced on Friday that an American delegation is on its way to Nuuk.

According to Sermitsiaq's information, the Americans will land in Nuuk on Saturday afternoon.

Naalakkersuisoq's Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Motzfeldt said in a brief comment to Sermitsiaq on Saturday that they are friends of Greenland:

- The American delegation that is coming is friends of Greenland. And of course we will meet with them.

- The topic will definitely be the world situation as it is now. We can probably say more after the visit, says Vivian Motzfeldt.

According to Sermitsiaq's information, Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska is expected to be among the participants in the delegation.

The host of this year's Grammy Awards, Trevor Noah, mentioned Greenland during the awards ceremony on Monday night.

This is reported by the AP news agency.

After singer Billie Eilish received the award for Best Song, Noah sent two suppositories at once to US President Donald Trump.

- This is a Grammy that all artists want - almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense. Well, because Epstein's island is gone, Noah said.

The comedian refers to Trump's repeated statements at the beginning of the year that he wants Greenland to come under American control "for the sake of the national security situation".

After repeatedly saying that "we are going to get Greenland", he said at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in mid-January that he will not use force to gain control of the Arctic region.

Donald Trump has also been linked several times to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Last week, thousands of documents related to Epstein were released by the US Department of Justice.

Danish voters are welcoming Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen's handling of the international power struggle over Greenland. This is confirmed by a recent poll from Epinion for DR and the Althing.

According to the poll, 43 percent of Danes today have a positive impression of Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who is also the party leader of the Moderates. 37 percent are negatively disposed.

Lars Løkke Rasmussen was much less popular in surveys of party leaders from the end of 2025. This is a record-breaking development in light of the current political dispute over Greenland, notes the political media outlet Altinget.

– When the opportunity first arose to step onto the big stage, he seized it in a way that no other politician would have been able to, political observer Steffen Hjaltelin told the media outlet.

A similar rapid development is evident from opinion polls in January. Over the course of two weeks, the Moderates went from 3.3 to 7.0 percent in surveys conducted by Voxmeter for Ritzau.

US President Donald Trump spoke on Sunday night about the negotiations regarding Greenland.

This happened on Sunday night, when the president spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One.

Here Trump was asked how the negotiations are going:

- Yes, we have started the negotiations, and we seem to be pretty much in agreement. They want us to do it.

- I think it will be a good deal for everyone. A very important deal, says Trump.

Trump emphasizes that the deal will be important for US national security, and he believes the deal will be in place soon.

Currently, senior officials from the US, Greenland and Denmark are negotiating about US interest and military presence in Greenland in light of the president's many statements that the US should take over Greenland.

Naalakkersuisoq Vivian Motzfeldt (S) stated earlier this week to Sermitsiaq about the negotiations:

– I would like to tell the citizens that the dialogue is underway at the civil servant level. There will probably still be "noise" on the side, but the most important thing is that the dialogue between the countries takes place through the established channels. These are the ones we should focus on and hope that they lead to good results, said Vivian Motzfeldt.

The Ministry of Defence writes on X that Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and Naalakkersuisoq Vivian Motzfeldt visited Danish soldiers at the hydroelectric power plant in Buksefjorden on Saturday.

The soldiers at the plant are training in guarding critical infrastructure as part of the Arctic Endurance exercise.

The visit by the two politicians was announced on Friday, and later in the day there will also be a citizens' meeting. Both Vivian Motzfeldt and Troels Lund Poulsen will participate in the citizens' meeting, which will be held in GUX Nuuk at 3 p.m.

A man employed by the German media NDR tried to raise the American flag in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, on Wednesday.

This is reported by Jyllands-Posten, which has confirmed the information by NDR.

The man - German comedian Maxi Schafroth - tried to raise the flag as part of a recording for the satirical magazine "Extra 3", where he is employed, is the explanation from NDR.

Maxi Schafroth has contacted Sermitsiaq regarding the incident, for which he would like to apologize.

He explains that the intention of the incident was to do something against the aggressive American approach, and both he and his cameraman are very shocked by the emotions they have triggered.On Wednesday, several media outlets wrote that an unknown person tried to raise an American flag in Greenland. A photographer from the AFP news agency also took pictures of the incident.

The Greenland Police also confirmed to Sermitsiaq that a person had tried to raise the flag.

Everything went smoothly when people at the scene stopped him. The police arrived at the scene only afterwards.

The flagpole is at the Katuaq cultural center in Nuuk.

The incident triggered "violent reactions" on social media in Greenland. This is what Greenlandic influencer Orla Joelsen writes on X.

On Wednesday this week, a person tried to raise the US flag at the square at Katuaq in the center of Nuuk.

This is reported by TV2, which also has a small video sequence of the episode.

According to the media, several people intervened and stopped the flag raising. The situation was peaceful, and the police are investigating the matter, they inform TV2.

The Chairman of the Greenlandic Government, Jens-Frederik Nielsen (D), is in Paris on Wednesday, where he, together with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, will speak to journalists and students at the University of Sciences Po.

Here Jens-Frederik Nielsen says that Greenland is under pressure and that the situation is making the population afraid, but they have no intention of giving in.

This is reported by DR.dk

- We are under pressure and our population is afraid. But we will not give up, says Jens-Frederik Nielsen according to Reuters.

According to DR, Mette Frederiksen stated during a visit to Berlin on Tuesday that she believes that the crisis with the US's desire to take over Greenland is far from over.

Canadian singer and songwriter Neil Young has made all of his music freely available in Greenland. He writes this on his website.

He is doing this after "the unjustified stress and threats" that Greenlanders, according to Young, have been subjected to by US President Donald Trump.

- I hope that my music and my music films can ease some of the unjustified stress and threats that you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government, it says.

That's why Neil Young is opening up his archives on his website, so that anyone with the Greenlandic country code in their mobile phone number can get free access to more than five decades of music from the Canadian for a year.

- It is my sincere wish that you can enjoy all my music in your beautiful Greenlandic home in the highest quality. This is an offer of peace and love, it says.

You can access Neil Young's archive here.

In an interview with Fox News, US UN Ambassador Mike Waltz criticizes Denmark's efforts in Greenland. He mentions, among other things, the lack of defense, and he also touches on the IUD case and the health care system.

Mike Waltz is first asked whether the US allies can no longer trust the US because of the crisis surrounding Greenland, which President Donald Trump has claimed ownership of.

Waltz believes that the alliance has been strengthened because of Trump, who has made members promise to spend more money on defense.

He then emphasizes that Russia is arming itself enormously and has several bases in the Arctic and that China is in the process of increasing its nuclear arsenal:

- All these missiles will fly over the Arctic if there is an attack on the US. President Trump is not going to wait for them to be on our doorstep, Mike Waltz tells Fox News.

He emphasizes that the US is buying icebreakers from Finland, but that Denmark and Canada, according to Waltz, do not have any "heavy icebreakers".

- The reality is that Denmark is a good ally in many ways, but they have ignored Greenland from a defense perspective, says Waltz.

The ambassador says that the indigenous population of Greenland has also been ignored, and Waltz mentions the spiral case as a major failure, and he also says that if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland it is "almost a death sentence".

Mike Waltz believes that the indigenous population of Alaska is better off economically.

Similar criticism of Denmark from the Trump administration has been repeatedly made by former ambassador to the Kingdom Carla Sands.

Regarding cancer treatment in Greenland, it is an acquired area within the health service. Denmark has allocated money in the coming years to help Greenland improve its health service.

On Monday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will give a speech in the EU Parliament, and here he will touch on the conflict with the United States, where President Donald Trump has been adamant that the United States should take over Greenland.

Donald Trump announced after a meeting with Mark Rutte last week that an agreement had now been reached on the framework for negotiations on an agreement regarding Greenland.

Subsequently, there was widespread confusion about what had actually been agreed. During his speech in the EU Parliament, Rutte, according to Berlingske, outlined that two central working procedures had been agreed with European leaders and the US in relation to resolving the conflict.

Firstly, there must be a joint NATO track on the Arctic, where the alliance must strengthen security in the Arctic and protect the region from Russian and Chinese activities – both militarily and economically.

Secondly, there must be a bilateral track between Denmark, Greenland and the US:

- This will be anchored directly between the three parties, says Rutte according to Berlingske, and he points to the recent meeting between Danish and Greenlandic representatives and US Vice President, J.D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Mark Rutte also maintains that Trump has a point in that the Arctic requires more attention from NATO.

The Russian military is keeping a close eye on the US development of the Golden Dome missile defense system - including in relation to Greenland.

This was stated by the Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with Russian state television, according to the news agency Reuters.

- I have no doubt at all that our military will monitor and analyze these plans closely, he says.

The state-owned Russian news agency Tass writes that in the same interview Peskov called Greenland important in relation to "strategic stability and security".

Neither Tass nor Reuters have elaborated on why Peskov believes that Greenland plays a role in security and to what extent or for whom.

Golden Dome is US President Donald Trump's plan for a major new air defense.

Trump has previously said that if the system is to achieve its full potential, it requires Greenland to be involved.

The island's Arctic location is right in the flight path of missiles that China or Russia could launch against the US.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Chairman of the Greenlandic Government Jens-Frederik Nielsen have visited a kindergarten in Nuuk.

In the pictures you can see that they are sitting and playing with the children.

They were welcomed by They were welcomed by the mayor of Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq Avaaraq Olsen.

It was mainly press people who had turned up at the airport to follow Mette Frederiksen's landing in Nuuk.

However, there were also a few locals who had come to see the Prime Minister.

One of them was Angunnguaq Berthelsen. He had Erfalasorput with him, and Mette Frederiksen waved to him.

– In these hard times we must defend our country, that's why I brought Erfalasorput with me, he says.

Normally, around five journalists and photographers participate in Naalakkersuisut's press conferences, typically from Greenlandic media such as Sermitsiaq and KNR.

But on Thursday the situation was completely different when the Chairman of Naalakkersuisut, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, called a press conference for foreign media.

According to the Chairman's Department, there were 96 international media people registered for the press conference, which was held in Katuaq.

The interest was so great that there was no room in the usual press conference room of the Greenland Government, and therefore the event was moved to Katuaq.

The press conference was about the situation in Greenland in light of massive pressure from the United States.