Jan 19, 2026, 2:28 p.mJan 19, 2026, 2:28 p.m
The EU special summit on the escalation of the Greenland conflict with the USA will take place this Thursday evening in Brussels. This was announced by a spokeswoman for EU Council President António Costa.
The President of the EU Council, António Costa.Image: keystone
At the crisis meeting, the heads of state and government want to discuss how the EU can best respond to Trump’s latest tariff threats. The Republican announced on Saturday that he wanted to impose punitive tariffs on goods from Germany and other European NATO countries from February 1st.
The background is that these countries recently sent soldiers on an exploratory mission to Greenland as a sign of solidarity with Denmark. Trump wants to force Denmark to sell the Arctic island to the United States.
If Trump really had the tariffs imposed, the EU could, for example, also impose special tariffs. Other economic retaliatory measures are also possible – for example, US companies could be excluded from awarding public contracts or import and export restrictions could be imposed on certain products. (sda/dpa)