Gérard Arrault

European news channels are talking non-stop about the raised stakes over Greenland, which has been linked to EU member Denmark for more than 300 years.

Speaking on news channel LCI, former French ambassador to Washington Gérard Arrault said European leaders are trapped in a surreal situation where they need the U.S.

to help defend Ukraine, but fear they may have to defend Greenland from the U.S.

Guntram Wolff is a senior advisor with Brussels-based think tank Bruegel.

European leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

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