mapumbaa to World [email protected]English • 1 year agoEU will defend borders, says French minister in response to Trump’s Greenland threatswww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down19
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoFrance probably has a vested interest in ensuring that the EU defends overseas territories of its member states for some reason.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year agoSome of France’s overseas territories are actually part of the EU. It’s different than Greenland.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoPerhaps they want to set the firmest precedent they can get in this regard? Seems like it’d be better for their purposes than some sorta flimsy technicality.
France probably has a vested interest in ensuring that the EU defends overseas territories of its member states for some reason.
Some of France’s overseas territories are actually part of the EU. It’s different than Greenland.
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Perhaps they want to set the firmest precedent they can get in this regard? Seems like it’d be better for their purposes than some sorta flimsy technicality.