Emmanuel Macron's little sentence did not go unnoticed. Saying that “The abyss [n’étaient] not for sale “at the opening of the UN summit on the oceans, in Nice, on June 9, the French president said: “No more than Greenland. »» Present in the room, the new Prime Minister of the Danish autonomous territory, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, winner of the legislative elections of March 11, appreciated. On Facebook, the party leader Demokraatit (center right) welcomed this “Strong and encouraging message”, noting that “France supported” Greenland ” Since the first statements [du président américain Donald Trump] on the acquisition of our country ”.
In this context, it is hardly surprising that Emmanuel Macron is expected with open arms in Greenland, where he has to stop, Sunday, June 15, on the way to the G7 which will open in Canada the same evening. An exceptional visit to more than one title: not only will this be the first trip of a French president to the island. But Emmanuel Macron will also be the first foreign head of state to go to Nuuk, after threats of annexation of the territory, uttered by Donald Trump and the diplomatic crisis which resulted from it between Copenhagen and Washington.
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Source: Lemonde