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06/15/2025June 15, 2025
France’s Macron to visit Greenland in signal of European unity
French President Emmanuel Macron will pay a visit to the autonomous territory of on Sunday.
The island, the world’s largest, has been the focus of much attention in recent months after , citing reasons of national security. Both
Macron’s visit, which comes just hours ahead of his participation in the G7 summit, is being seen as a show of European support for the territory, whose some 60,000 citizens are Danish nationals and thus also citizens of the EU.
The French president will visit Greenland alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, with the leaders planning to discuss the security situation in the North Atlantic and the Arctic with Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
Macron’s office said talks, which are planned aboard a Danish frigate, will also touch on economic development, climate change and renewable energy.
He is expected to visit a glacier threatened by global warming and a hydroelectric power plant.
as the Earth warms, contributing greatly to the rise of sea levels across the world.
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Canada’s list of priorities for the G7 summit meeting
The office of Canadian last Saturday released a list of topics to head the agenda at the meeting.
According to the statement, discussions will center on three main thematic areas: reinforcing peace and security in the face of foreign threats, transnational crime and increased wildfire risk; energy security and digital technology; and promoting private investment to improve infrastructure and activate economies.
Other topics are to include examining possibilities for and other conflicts and the search for non-EU partners to bolster security and prosperity.
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Welcome to our coverage
The Group of Seven (G7), founded 50 years ago this year, is one of the most important forums for exchange between the leaders of some of the world’s major economies.
This year, it will be held in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, from June 15 to 17, with Canada this year’s holder of the group’s rotating presidency.
DW’s coverage will bring you reports and analysis of the topics under discussion and news on the top-level meetings occurring on the sidelines of the summit.
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