(January 16, 2026)

France‘s Finance Minister Roland Lescure has warned U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that any move to seize Greenland would amount to a „crossed line“ endangering Europe‘s economic relationship with Washington, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

„Greenland is a sovereign part of a sovereign country that is part of the EU. That shouldn’t be messed around [with],“, Lescure told FT.