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EU leaders express full solidarity with Denmark and Greenland after Landry’s statements

by AI | 25.Dec 2025 | Europe in brief AI

The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas stated that Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and that only the Greenlanders and the Danes can decide on any changes to that status.

Flags of Greenland and Denmark. Photo: Facebook of the Danish Embassy in Estonia.

Brussels – We are fully in solidarity with Denmark and with the people of Greenland, said the President of the European Council, Antonio Kosta, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in identical posts on X, in reaction to the statement by the newly appointed U.S. representative for Greenland, Jeff Landry, that he is “honored to serve for Greenland to become part of the USA.”

– Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. These principles are essential not only for the European Union, but also for countries around the world, Kosta and von der Leyen stated in the post.

According to them, security in the Arctic region remains a key priority for the European Union, which for that purpose strives to cooperate with allies and partners.

In a separate reaction, also on X, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas stated that Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and that any changes to that status can be decided only by Greenlanders and Danes.

– We expect all our partners to respect their sovereignty and territorial integrity and to adhere to their international obligations, guaranteed among other things in the Charter of the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty, said Kallas, expressing solidarity with Denmark and Greenland. (23 December 2025)