German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday welcomed US President Donald Trump's decision to back away from threats to seize Greenland by force from ally Denmark, calling it 'the right way to go'. "Any threat to acquire European territory by force would be unacceptable," Merz said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. AdvertisementDespite the anger triggered in Europe by Trump's escalating sabre-rattling over Greenland, Merz also welcomed that the United States was "taking the threat posed by Russia in the Arctic seriously". The conservative German leader vowed that NATO allies would jointly "protect Denmark, Greenland, the north from the threat posed by Russia". "We share the conviction that as European NATO allies, we must do more," he said.

Source: The Local January 22, 2026 20:19 UTC