EU Commissioner warns Trump against attack on Greenland

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EU Commissioner on Trump: That would be “the end of NATO”

The EU Defense Commissioner warns of an attack on Greenland. Trump is celebrated online as the “acting president of Venezuela”. All developments in the news blog.

According to EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, a violent takeover of Greenland by the USA would mean the end of NATO. “I agree with the Danish prime minister that this will be the end of NATO,” Kubilis told Reuters on Monday at a security conference in Sweden. Such a step is also likely to be received very negatively by the population.

According to the EU statutes, the member states would have to help in such a case, he explained. “It depends very much on Denmark how it reacts, how it positions itself, but there is definitely an obligation for member states to stand by each other when another member state is faced with military aggression.”

The dispute between US President Donald Trump and the head of the US Federal Reserve continues to escalate: Jerome Powell has rejected criminal investigations against him and the threat of indictment as an attempt to influence the work of the Federal Reserve (Fed). “The threat of impeachment is a result of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates in good faith in the public interest and not following the president’s preferences,” Powell said. He will continue to carry out his duties “with integrity and in the service of the American people.”

According to Powell, the U.S. Department of Justice served subpoenas on the Fed on Friday and threatened to sue. Powell is alleged to have made false statements to the Senate in connection with the multi-year renovation of central bank buildings in Washington.

However, the Fed chief sees this as just a pretext: “It’s a question of whether the Fed can continue to set interest rates based on facts and economic conditions – or whether monetary policy will instead be determined by political pressure or intimidation,” he continued. Powell’s comments initially had no major impact on the stock markets. The US dollar, however, fell slightly against the euro.