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Greenland lawmaker touts stronger EU role in island's rare earths
Twenty-five of the 34 minerals found in Greenland were identified as “critical raw materials” in a European Commission study in 2023.
Greenland wants a stronger EU presence over the territory’s critical raw materials needed to build new clean energy technologies such as solar panels and batteries, Aaja Chemnitz, a member of the Danish parliament for Greenland’s left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) separatist party, told Euronews.
“We (IA) would like to see the EU much more engaged when it comes to rare earths. We know that 73% of everything the EU needs when it comes to rare earths can be found in Greenland, and right now we have more or less a Chinese monopoly when it comes to rare earths,” she pointed out, seeing an opportunity for the EU to invest in this area.
In recent years, the EU has pushed for greater cooperation with the island on energy and rare earths, and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited the island last March to open an EU office in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital.
However, Chemnitz believes that the EU and Denmark have not paid enough attention to Greenlanders but now have a window of opportunity to strengthen relations with the island in a “more realistic way”, including on defence and security.
Greenland’s largest party, IA, is currently “concerned” about the security situation in the Arctic after US President-elect Donald Trump’s staked claimto the world’s largest island and given Russia’s national interest in the region, the MP stressed.
“I think finding ways to cooperate with a new ally is not (by) threatening them,” Chemnitz said, referring to Trump’s refusal to rule out military intervention to take over Greenland.
Chemnitz, who chairs the Greenland committee in the Danish parliament, argued that given the strategic interests of power players such as the US, the EU, Russia or China, it will be crucial for her territory to find out which countries and regions Greenland can cooperate with in the future.
“I see that of course Denmark, the EU, but also the US is someone we can cooperate with, but I think it should be very specific (cooperation), especially with the US,” the Greenlandic MP stressed, citing issues such as critical raw materials, tourism, education and defence.
The sea routes around Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, offer the shortest route from North America to Europe, and the US President-elect wants the strategic edge for his military and its ballistic missile early warning system.
The US has demonstrated an eagerness to expand its military presence in Greenland by placing radars in the waters between Greenland, Iceland, and the UK – but security and foreign affairs are still managed from Copenhagen.
Greenland’s independence from Denmark a ‘long-term goal’
Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said earlier this week that his government was ready to work more closely with the US on defence and mining, but on its own terms.
“We do not want to be Danes, we do not want to be Americans – of course we want to be Greenlanders,” Egede told a press conference in Copenhagen on Friday.
Egede, who has led the Inuit Ataqatigiit party since 2018, has made clear that it will be for the almost 57,000 Greenlanders to decide on their own future and agreements, and that remaining part of the Kingdom of Denmark is not an option.
Since 2009, Greenland has had the right to declare independence through a referendum, and Egede has previously hinted that a possible referendum could take place during Greenland’s new political mandate – but for Chemnitz, his party colleague, this is more of a “long-term goal”.
“I don’t see it happening because I don’t see the plan for it, and I don’t think there is a shortcut to independence, even though it is the biggest wish and dream for many of us in Greenland,” she said.
ADVERTISEMENTFor now, the Greenlander sees the need to diversify and boost Greenland’s cooperation with other global players, and to focus on next spring’s parliamentary elections.
“The government of Denmark has done a good job in recognising that every decision about Greenland’s future is up to the people of Greenland,” Chemnitz said, adding that “it is important to say ‘hands off’ when it comes to Denmark, but also the EU, but also the US, Russia, China and so on when it comes to the elections”.
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A Russian man convicted of assaulting a woman in London in an attack witnessed by Barron Trump, President Donald Trump’s youngest son, on a video call was sentenced to four years in prison by a London court on Friday.
Matvei Rumiantsev, 23, an MMA fighter, was convicted by a jury on Jan. 28 of assault with bodily harm but was acquitted of rape and choking charges. He was also convicted of perverting the course of justice stemming from a letter he sent the woman from jail asking her to retract her allegations.
After the assault, Rumiantsev admitted he was jealous of his girlfriend’s friendship with the 19-year-old son of President Donald Trump.
BARRON TRUMP REPORTEDLY SAVED WOMAN’S LIFE AFTER WITNESSING VIOLENT ASSAULT ON FACETIME CALL
Barron Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool/Getty Images)
“Your lack of insight and empathy was apparent at trial,” Justice Joel Bennathan said. “You continue to try to blame the complainant for everything that has happened.”
Trump told investigators he had placed a late-night FaceTime call to the woman, whom he had met on social media, and had been startled when the call had been briefly answered by a shirtless man on Jan. 18, 2025.
“That view lasted maybe one second and I was racing with adrenaline,” Barron Trump said. “The camera was then flipped to the victim getting hit while crying, stating something in Russian.”
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Barron Trump called the police in London.
“It’s really an emergency … I’m calling from the U.S., uh, I just got a call from a girl, you know, she’s getting beat up,” he told an operator.
Police responded to the address and arrested Rumiantsev, a London-based receptionist.
At his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Rumiantsev was acquitted of rape and choking related to the attack, as well as a separate rape and assault allegation from November 2024.
His attorney, Sasha Wass, said that Trump wasn’t aware the woman had a boyfriend and questioned how much he could have seen in just a few seconds of video.
Barron Trump watches as his father, President Donald Trump attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Trump never testified in the case. However, the judge praised him for his quick-thinking actions.
“Mr, Trump properly and responsibly, despite being in the United States, made sure the emergency services here were called, and he told them what he had seen,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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EU lawmakers have overcome a key political hurdle in the negotiations of digital euro, making the project closer to approval, according to a draft text seen by Euronews.
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The Parliamentary rapporteurs involved in the legislation have found an agreement on the design of the digital euro, which will be able to function both online and offline.
The digital euro would be an electronic form of cash issued by the European Central Bank, designed to sit alongside banknotes and the payments services offered by commercial banks.
It has taken on new political weight as economic tensions between the EU and the US sharpen the debate over Europe’s reliance on American payment giants, such as Visa and Mastercard.
Under the European Commission’s proposal, digital euro users would have a wallet for both online and offline payments, with transactions designed so they are not trackable.
The situation in Parliament changed on Wednesday evening, when the centre-right politician Fernando Navarrete, who is the leading rapporteur on the file, announced the withdrawal of his position to reduce the scope of the digital euro to offline use only.
His position blocked the advancement of negotiations for months, jeopardising the whole legislative process, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations.
The political deadlock has pushed EU leaders to accelerate progress on the digital euro. At the European Council meeting on 19 March, they set a goal to have the digital euro legislation approved by the end of 2026.
With the Council, representing EU countries, having already adopted its position, the European Parliament is now the only institution left to advance the law.
“Thanks to our amendments and firm stance, we have finally broken the political deadlock on the digital euro. The distinction between online and offline has been removed, and it is now established as a single payment system,” Pasquale Tridico, the rapporteur for The Left, told Euronews.
However, lawmakers still need to agree on two key aspects: the “hold limits” and the “compensation.”
The hold limits determine the maximum amount a user can store in a digital euro wallet, while compensation sets out a model for reimbursing commercial banks that provide digital euro services.
Although negotiations are not yet complete, the text is expected to be voted on in the Parliament’s economy committee before the summer, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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