US EditionDutch Premier-in-Waiting Says Trump's Greenland Ambitions Are a 'Wake-up Call' for Europe
Rob Jetten calls Trump's Greenland interest a strategic warning, prompting the Netherlands to boost defense spending by €19 billion and enhance European cooperation.
- On Friday, Rob Jetten called U.S. President Donald Trump’s Greenland ambitions a 'wake-up call' for Europe after presenting the coalition’s four-year policy blueprint.
- Strategic rivalry with Russia and China prompted Rob Jetten to cite U.S. President Donald Trump's Greenland interest as a 'wake-up call' for Europe, linking it to a 3 billion income-tax 'freedom contribution' for defence spending.
- Politically, the new alliance must negotiate across the fractured parliament, holding 66 seats in the 150-seat lower house and 21 in the 76-seat senate, while Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom refuses support after seven lawmakers split earlier this month.
- Once in office, Rob Jetten will talk with European colleagues to strengthen cooperation and boost ties with Washington on security and Ukraine, while committing to higher military spending and support for Kyiv.
- Over the coming years, the Dutch cabinet plans to invest heavily in defence and to increase spending on neighbourhood police officers, cybercrime investigators, affordable homes from 2029, and �100 million for prisons.
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Dutch premier-in-waiting says Trump's Greenland ambitions are a 'wake-up call' for Europe
The Dutch politician set to become the Netherlands' next prime minister says concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's territorial ambitions in Greenland are “a wake-up call” for Europe.
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