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Portugal urges the EU to adopt a united and fairly strong response to threats from the US concerning Greenland.
Transatlantic relations will be at the centre of the debate to be held on Thursday at 19:00 (Brussels time), according to CNN Portugal's European correspondent.

Examination of how the leaders Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping influence Portugal's foreign policy, security considerations and economic relationships.

Mário Crespo, a commentator for CNN Portugal, says he would also have liked to see “a more forceful symbolic deployment of troops to Greenland and for Portugal to have taken part”. “I don't accept Minister Nuno Melo's excuse,” he stresses.

On a day when Trump announced his intention to impose new trade tariffs on several European allies, linking the move to the US attempt to acquire Greenland, Diana Soller, a commentator for CNN Portugal, analyses the true intentions of the US president.

The deal with Mercosur is Europe's repudiation of the Trumpist corollary of 'America First' and of the unvarnished return to the old logic of spheres of influence. Editorial by Tiago Luz Pedro

Europe will “be very firm in defending international law,” European Council President António Costa warned Washington.
The President reveals that the Government's initial stance on the US military strike was coordinated with Belém, and that Portuguese authorities recognised it as a violation of international law.

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the United States intends to take control of Greenland, “one way or another”.

On Greenland, the President asked 'how can an alliance be strong externally if it is not strong internally' and argued that Europe must be united.

Reactions to the situation in Venezuela and Greenland undermine Western cohesion and illustrate that the left wants European decline, relying here on the Socialist Party (PS) and the other parties.

The European Commission is closely monitoring developments in Iran and, in addition to the announced sanctions, Von der Leyen says a new European security strategy should be presented by July.

With the world in flux and the transatlantic relationship under threat, international affairs featured in the campaign mainly because of Gouveia e Melo's remarks. Seguro argues for a precautionary NATO meeting and Mendes adopts a more diplomatic line, but — like Cotrim — also believes the Greenland issue could jeopardise the Atlantic Alliance.
The Admiral says a new social contract is needed for the country. Meanwhile, Iran accuses the United States of using a repeated 'script' to justify military intervention.

The presidential candidate said that 'it was not out of love for freedom and democracy' that the United States launched an operation against Maduro.

Threats from Trump are prompting presidential candidates to call for greater European autonomy in defence.

The President of the European Council says the European Union stands 'with the brave Iranians'.

Alberto Gonçalves comments on António Guterres's statements about the situation in Iran.

Emphasising his desire for peace, the Portuguese defence minister said that 'the United States is a fundamental ally in NATO' and added he hopes 'that this can continue to be so for many good years to come'.


Presidential candidate Catarina Martins today called the intention to create a joint NATO mission in Greenland absurd, and again warned that the US president represents a “global danger” that can only be checked through “global cooperation”.

Presidential candidate João Cotrim Figueiredo warned today that US threats to Greenland are a huge challenge to NATO's cohesion and could even be its 'death sentence'.

Presidential candidate Gouveia e Melo said today that the United States are on a 'dangerous drift' over the announced intention to occupy Greenland and that, if carried out, that country would be committing harakiri.

Portugal should defend — and actively contribute to — strengthening the European Union's military capabilities. But it is important not to confuse an objective with an illusion.
