The dispute between the United States and Europe over the future of Greenland isn’t the first time the allies have been at loggerheads.

Trump's tariff threat has prompted a wave of condemnation from EU leaders, and the promise of a coordinated response

Global markets are facing volatility after President Donald Trump vowed to slap tariffs on eight European nations until the U.S. is allowed to buy Greenland, injecting fresh trade uncertainty as stocks slid and the dollar broadly weakened.

“European countries own $8 trillion of US bonds and equities, almost twice as much as the rest of the world combined,” Saravelos pointed out. “In an environment where the geoeconomic stability of the western alliance is being disrupted existentially, it is not clear why Europeans would be as willing to play this part.”

Germany has at least temporarily suspended its military support for Israel, as its leaders and those of Palestinian-backed Hamas now try to agree to the second phase of President Donald Trump's peace agreement.

The European Union plans to impose minimum "made in Europe" requirements on public purchases of key green technologies to bolster local industry and cut dependence on Chinese imports, a draft European Commission proposal seen by Reuters showed.

In a letter addressed to Catholic bishops across the continent, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius linked this call to prayer with the recent updating of the Charta Oecumenica, the key ecumenical charter for cooperation and unity among Christian churches in Europe, formally signed in Rome on Nov. 5, 2025.

Anything that weakens – or threatens to split – the Western alliance is viewed by Moscow as a huge positive for Russia. "Europe is at a total loss and, to be honest, it's a pleasure to watch this," gloated the Russian tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets in one of its articles about Greenland.