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EU gives Denmark 'full support' against Trump's threats, EU Council President Costa tells Euronews
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29/01/2025
In an exclusive interview with Euronews on Wednesday, EU Council President Antonio Costa said the territorial integrity of Denmark is an "essential issue" for the European Union.
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The European Union supports Denmark, said European Council President António Costa
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in an exclusive interview with Euronews.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the U.S. is not excluding to seize
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Greenland by force, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Obviously, for us, the territorial integrity of Denmark, the sovereignty of Denmark, the
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stability of its borders, as you can imagine, is obviously an essential issue for us.
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On trade, the President of the European Council considers it normal that each party, the U.S.
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and the European Union, has interests which they seek to defend.
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Faced with the threat of a rise in tariffs agitated by Donald Trump, António Costa calls
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not to speculate or dramatize.
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Europe is ready for dialogue and will react if the threat becomes real.
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If the U.S. feels that there is a problem with the European Union, we obviously sit
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down to dialogue and to seek to see how we can, together, solve this problem.
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Naturally, just as the U.S. wants to defend its interests, the European Union wants to
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defend the interests of its companies, of its citizens, of our Union.
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On the rapprochement of Hungary and Slovakia with Russia, António Costa assured that the
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member states have always managed to overcome their differences to renew unanimously the
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sanctions against Russia.
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When questioned by the journalist, he said that each member state is free to stay or
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leave the EU.
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Now, participating in the European Union is an act of freedom.
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The United Kingdom, when it decided to leave, we were all in a state of shame, but it exercised
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its freedom to leave.
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As being in the European Union is an act of freedom.
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And what I see every day, and now I see more intensely in these new functions, is that
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despite the different points of view and the diversity of opinions, there is a great desire
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like one of the 27 to be together.
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That's why we're here.
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And that's why many others want to join us.
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The full interview is to be found on Thursday in the Europe Conversation.
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Defence will be at the heart of this conversation ahead of next week's informal summit of European
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leaders in Brussels.
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