NUUK/COPENHAGEN/BERLIN (own report) – Conducting war exercises in and around Greenland, several European NATO countries, including Germany, are demonstrating their opposition to the United States’ demand for annexation of the Danish island. President Donald Trump has repeatedly affirmed his desire to incorporate Greenland into the US and has not ruled out the use of military force. Several American intelligence agencies have initiated initial subversive activities to identify supporters and opponents of the United States in Greenland and to stir up some initial unrest. Following a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Greenland’s capital Nuuk in mid-June, a German naval supply ship, ‘Berlin’ arrived there for the first time. Nils Schmid, Parliamentary State Secretary in Germany’s Ministry of Defence, also travelled there to convey the message that for Berlin, “the security of Greenland” is not just a matter of “lip service”. The exercises, led by Denmark, are intended to signal future EU support for preventing a US annexation. They are also part of a militarisation of the Danish island that is gaining momentum – a militarisation in the context of the power struggle with Russia. Read more

BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Own report) – Citing “secrecy interests”, the German government refuses to provide any information on the state of the investigation of the attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. Germany’s foreign ministry claims that even a simple answer to the parliamentary inquiry about “NATO vessels and military units” were near the site in question off Bornholm during the days immediately prior to the attacks, “would entail the disclosure of information that would particularly affect the welfare of the state.” Previously, Sweden had already refused any participation in a joint investigation team with Denmark and Germany, on the grounds that the confidentiality level of the findings, so far, precludes any international cooperation. Banalities are again being presented as “findings” such as the fact that a powerful explosion destroyed the pipelines and that “sabotage” can be assumed. The warships, whose presence near the site in question cannot be disclosed for reasons “of state welfare” include those of the Untitled States and other NATO countries. Read more

LONDON german-foreign-policy.com interviewed Lave Knud Broch about how in the Danish elite's EU supporters sought to convince the Danish people in the runups to various EU referendums in Denmark. Lave Knud Broch is a substitute member of the European Parliament for the Danish People's Movement against the EU. Read more