EU’s von der Leyen Pledges $232 Million Investment Package for Greenland

The European Union is offering Greenland 200 million euros in new investment as Ursula von der Leyen visits Nuuk to deepen ties with the Arctic territory.

The European Commission president said the “EU-Greenland Partnership Package” would focus on three priorities: connectivity, clean energy and critical raw materials. “This is 200 million euros of new investments for Greenland for this year and the next,” she said at a joint news conference.

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Territorial integrity, sovereignty, the inviolability of borders, these are fundamental principles of international law.

The package is expected to include investment in critical minerals, satellite communications and renewable energy. Von der Leyen met Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen during her two-day visit to the capital.

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This is 200 million euros of new investments for Greenland for this year and the next.

The visit followed threats by US President Donald Trump earlier this year to seek greater control over Greenland. Von der Leyen stressed the principles of territorial integrity, sovereignty and inviolable borders. “Greenland’s future is for the people of Greenland and Denmark to decide, no one else,” she said.

Nielsen described the visit as an opportunity to strengthen Greenland’s close friendship and partnership with the EU. Greenland, which is largely autonomous, left the EU in 1985, although its roughly 57,000 residents hold EU citizenship through Danish citizenship.

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Greenland’s future is for the people of Greenland and Denmark to decide, no one else.

The Arctic territory has gained strategic importance for the United States, Russia, China and Europe as melting sea ice opens shipping routes and increases access to mineral resources. Trump has repeatedly said the United States needs Greenland for national security and has argued, without providing evidence, that Chinese and Russian ships are present across the island. Greenland and Denmark have rejected his demands for “total access,” contributing to tensions in US-European relations and NATO.

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close friendship and good partnership