Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reiterated today that she believes the US has not given up on Greenland, but that Denmark, whose territory it is, is by no means ready to give it up.
"I think the American president's desire is the same," she said in Munich, emphasizing that Donald Trump is still "very serious" about controlling the territory.
At a panel at the Munich Security Conference, she stressed that she was open to discussions on strengthening security arrangements for the Arctic, but that there were obvious limitations.
When asked if a price could be set if Trump continued to insist, she replied: "Of course not. Can you set a price for a part of Spain, a part of the US or a part of any other place in the world?"
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, at the same panel titled "On the same level? Strengthening the foundations of transatlantic security," pointed out that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a real threat.
"The world is becoming increasingly unstable and we Europeans must strengthen our defense capabilities to protect our freedom and way of life, but also to provide security guarantees to our international partners," he said.
However, in clear contradiction to the German Chancellor and the French President, he said he opposed nuclear weapons.
"70 years ago, our parents and grandparents concluded that nuclear deterrence was too expensive and a risky method to avoid conflict between nations. Too expensive, because it requires enormous public investment, and too dangerous, because on several occasions technical or human errors came close to triggering a nuclear war between the West and the former Soviet Union, a war that would have brought humanity to the brink of extinction," the Spanish prime minister said.
"Let's form a European army, not in 10 years, but now. Spain will join with all the necessary resources," he added, according to The Guardian.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that he does not currently see a direct security threat from Russia, but that imperialism and expansion are in the DNA of Russia and its President Vladimir Putin and that this will not end with the end of the war in Ukraine.
He announced major exercises in the Arctic that are intended to show that the alliance is serious when it comes to regional security.
"If the outcome of the events in Davos and what we've seen with Greenland in the last few months is a stronger NATO presence in the Arctic, stronger Arctic security, then I think we've done a pretty good job," he said.
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