<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares warned on Monday that, in case of “risk,” NATO allies could consider reinforcing security “in Greenland or the Arctic,” especially “when it involves the territory of a European Union member state,” specifically Denmark.</strong></h4> “If Euro-Atlantic security is considered to be at risk or insufficiently protected anywhere in the world, especially when it involves the territory of a European Union member state, of course all the allies, including Spain, are prepared to analyze it,” Albares told reporters before his participation in the “Ateneo Breakfasts” at the Ateneo de Madrid. “Therefore, if there are currently elements or situations around Greenland or in the Arctic that could jeopardize Euro-Atlantic security, I am certain that (…), if security needs to be reinforced, it will be reinforced,” he continued. “What I will also say is that the pressure on Greenland must cease,” he added, without mentioning the United States, even after US President Donald Trump reiterated in recent days his desire to seize control of Greenland, even by military means if necessary. For his part, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez recalled on Monday that last week several European Union countries published a joint statement affirming that, “if the United States has any concerns about Arctic security,” both the EU and NATO have the capacity to “provide that increased security.” “The fundamental point, as pro-Atlantic governments, is to be aware that collective security is not incompatible with the security of any one country, in this case the United States, and therefore, I believe we all have to contribute to that collective security,” he added during a press conference after meeting with the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the Moncloa Palace complex. “We in the Spanish government have always stated that this is a pro-Atlantic administration,” something that “we have demonstrated not only in words, but also in deeds.” However, “being pro-Atlantic does not mean subservience; it means having a relationship of equals between two political projects, that of the United States and that of the European Union, in which, despite our differences, there are far more things that unite us than divide us,” he emphasized.
