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Greenland. Some MEPs warned however that overseas territories in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, belonging to France and the Netherlands, would struggle to access EU funding programme due to a lack of human resources (Photo: Merete Lindstrøm Sermitsiaq.AG)

EU sets out plans to double aid for Greenland amid Trump threats

The EU will double its funding for Greenland and hopes to ramp up cooperation with Nuuk and other overseas countries and territories, the bloc’s international partnerships commissioner told MEPs on Wednesday (28 January), after weeks of heightened tensions and the threat of US military action to seize the island. 

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Greenland. Some MEPs warned however that overseas territories in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, belonging to France and the Netherlands, would struggle to access EU funding programme due to a lack of human resources (Photo: Merete Lindstrøm Sermitsiaq.AG)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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