Meta Fredriksen

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47 appearances 3 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 1 Jun

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First of all, it was a very difficult situation for the Kingdom of Denmark, because we need everybody to respect that we are a sovereign state.
And as you said, our territorial integrity has to be respected.
The US president was very outspoken about his desire about Greenland.
I think we responded also very clear.
We had a public discussion and then we agreed to have this high-level working group.
It's still working.
Of course, we would like to have an even closer cooperation with the US.
And I think all of us are stronger because of the alliance.
So I will never suggest to weaken NATO, but I believe that Europe should be able to defend itself, not because of what US are thinking about the future or their political decisions, but simply because a Europe that is not able and willing to defend itself, what is that?
So for me, it's also a question about identity.
I think we made a mistake after the end of the Cold War, reducing our military, I mean, our spendings and hoping that if anything happened, then the US would come and help you.
It's simply the wrong way of looking at yourself and your countries and your borders.
So I will do what I can to support NATO and to keep us together.
But I believe that Europe needs to rearm totally and be totally able to defend ourselves.
And of course, that will require a lot of spendings on capabilities and so on.
And as you know, I mean, Denmark are using more than 3% now.
Absolutely.
That's the short answer.
There's no way around the old world.
Either it is changing rapidly or it's gone and it will probably not return as we knew it.
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