European troops from France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Norway have deployed to Greenland for a rapid two-day defense mission as Arctic tensions rise and the Trump administration pushes to acquire the territory.

Germany has been a vital part of the United States' defense strategy in Europe ever since the end of World War II. The US has also deployed more troops to Europe since the start of Russia's full-fledged invasion of Ukraine in February 2022,

Along with Denmark, France, Germany, the U.K., Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands began sending over troops — or vowed to do so in the coming days.

Germany's military has been rocked by reports of widespread sexual harassment and right-wing extremism in an elite paratroop unit, as an initiative begins to expand the armed forces with thousands of new recruits.

The German military is sending out the first questionnaires for 18-year-olds to complete under the country's new military service programme. The letters containing the documents have been packed and were to be sent out on Thursday,

The unease is acute in Paris, where some worry that the continent’s center of political gravity is moving east as Berlin boosts its defense spending to levels its allies can’t match.