Richard Milne

Greenland is ground zero for Arctic ‘Great Game’ [FREE TO READ] ‘It may sound like American chauvinism . . . and it is. We’re done apologising about that,’ says Trump official

Great analysis of US Greenland threats by @richardmilne.ft.com: “Greenland is ground zero for a new world order of great powers and their spheres of domination if we’re not careful. What European states are recognising is that all of this is disastrous for smaller states.”
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Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the Greenlandic leader under pressure The Arctic island’s 34-year-old prime minister is at the centre of one of the world’s most meaningful geopolitical struggles

The FT's Person In The News this week is Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the badminton-loving Greenlandic PM standing up to Trump www.ft.com/content/68a1...

Greenland is the world’s largest island, with deep links to Europe – and squarely in Donald Trump’s sights. The US president’s Venezuelan foray has heightened fears that the Arctic territory is next. But what are Washington’s options?

An #FTEdit 🧵 on how Trump’s bid for Greenland could play out 👇

The hypocrisy of US complaints over X fine Howls of protest over a modest penalty from the EU contrast with Europe’s silence over far bigger punishments levied on its banks by America

The hypocrisy of US complaints over the EU fine for Musk's X - @richardmilne.ft.com on how the protests that come after some $50bn penalties on European financial groups in the decade from 2014 even though some of the companies had little or no activities in the US. www.ft.com/content/9444...

The super-rich who move for tax, and then move again Swiss referendum on inheritance tax showed how readily some would consider their options for relocation

- @richardmilne.ft.com also writes today in a column about the super-rich who move for tax, and then move again - and how protests over the Swiss referendum on inheritance tax showed how readily some would consider their options for relocation www.ft.com/content/ca43...

The EU single market’s elephant in the room Small, often invisible barriers to trade affect products from businesses across Europe, including a fluffy Ikea pachyderm

Great, great, great article by @richardmilne.ft.com and @samjoiner.bsky.social—making concrete the Draghi Report’s point that non-tariff barriers inside the EU impose huge costs (Draghi claimed 44%). Huge labels on stuffed animals great way to illustrate this giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado Win for Venezuela’s main opposition leader dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado www.ft.com/content/472d...

Norway’s resurgent right forces leftwing ‘tutti-frutti’ coalition Labour wins by narrow margin but has to rely on a ragtag alliance of 4 smaller parties

Norway’s ruling Labour party won narrow re-election last night, but will have to rely on a “tutti-frutti” alliance of four smaller parties including Communists, Greens & Eurosceptic agrarians.

“It’s a new terrain,” foreign min Espen Barth Eide told @richardmilne.ft.com

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The country that got too rich? Public spending dominates Norway election Value for money has become a key campaign issue as voters go to the polls

Norwegian elections take place today. A few articles as a guide:

The country that got too rich? www.ft.com/content/05b9...
Distance to EU getting bigger www.ft.com/content/6c89...
Oil and gas www.ft.com/content/5ea1...
Wealth tax www.ft.com/content/0d85...
Oil fund www.ft.com/content/845f...

Europe’s rich are watching Norway’s election debate on wealth taxes Changes to taxation are at the heart of the centre-right’s attempts to retake power in Norway

Norway is having a big debate over its wealth taxes and how they have spurred some its rich people to leave the country. Other countries are watching - column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/0d85...

We shouldn’t be afraid, we should be prepared - the recurring theme of this great visual story of how NATO countries from Finland 🇫🇮 to Poland 🇵🇱 are strengthening their defences to deter any Russian attack. @richardmilne.ft.com @financialtimes.com

Test for Europe as it tackles a crisis of confidence in green projects The green steel plant of Sweden’s Stegra is being held back over delays in state aid

Always insightful from @richardmilne.ft.com
on EU green industry issues...

Here on H2 Green Steel as was: www.ft.com/content/78da...

Europe has to back its new defence start-ups Cheaper and quicker-to-produce weapons are needed to deter Russia and other threats

Europe’s defence champions are very good at making big expensive things. What it needs though is cheap weapons en masse. That’s why it needs to back the new start ups emerging, argues @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/b840...

TikTok vs defence: Europe faces a reckoning over the allocation of energy Competition for electricity is growing rapidly as conflicts in Scandinavia show

TikTok vs defence: Europe faces a reckoning over the allocation of energy - column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/8cc0...

European companies are looking at how to de-Americanify - column by @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/eabd...

European companies rush to tap defence spending boom - column by @richardmilne.ft.com. Chart by @raydouglas.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/f4ae...

Top EU official expects Trump tariff of about 20% Maroš Šefčovič shared assessment after meetings in Washington this week

The EU should brace for 20 per cent tariffs from the US from April 2, the bloc's top trade negotiator has privately warned, after holding crisis meetings with Donald Trump's team.

Great scoop from @aimewilliams.bsky.social @andybounds.bsky.social & @richardmilne.ft.com

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Trump’s dogsled diplomacy has spooked Greenland Nuuk and Copenhagen’s attempts to placate the US president have given way to anger — and fear

Trump’s dogsled diplomacy has spooked and angered Greenland - @richardmilne.ft.com column. Nobody in Greenland or Denmark is accepting the cited reason for the US national security adviser, vice-president’s wife & secretary of energy to the island - a dogsledding contest www.ft.com/content/079a...

Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics A series of suspected sabotage incidents has exposed the vulnerability of Europe’s undersea infrastructure

The Baltic Sea was meant to be a NATO lake. Then came the sabotage of numerous cables. Fab work from FT visual journalism team here ig.ft.com/baltic-sea/

I saw that exact bumper sticker but on a Tesla yesterday in Oslo...

Could Trump resurrect the idea for the US to buy Nokia or Ericsson? The rationale behind the proposal in his first term has not gone away

One potential big story for Europe looming -
Could Trump resurrect the idea for the US to buy Nokia or Ericsson? or pressure the companies to move HQ to the US? column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2834...

How Greenland got caught in a clash of superpowers President Trump wants control of the island to boost US security in the Arctic

How Greenland got caught in a clash of superpowers by @financialtimes.com with comments by yours truly. @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @richardmilne.ft.com
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Regler for udenlandsk opkøb af ejendomme strammes med henvisning til den geopolitiske situation Nye regler for erhvervelse af ejendomme og arealtildeling gør, at kun personer, der har boet i Grønland i to år og betalt skat i landet, kan købe ejendomme.

Also Greenland today has proposed banning foreigners from buying property on Greenland (unless they've lived there and paid tax for 2+ years) www.sermitsiaq.ag/erhverv/regl...

Norway’s government collapses over EU energy dispute Eurosceptic junior coalition partner quits after PM’s push to implement energy directives from Brussels

Most read story at the FT at present - Norway’s government collapses over EU energy dispute
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Donald Trump ridicules Denmark and insists US will take Greenland ‘They put two extra dog sleds there . . . they thought that was protection,’ says US president

Trump ridicules Denmark's attempts to defend Greenland with two extra dog sled patrols and insists island will belong to US www.ft.com/content/a935...

Main lesson: European leaders are criminally unprepared for Trump 2.0 and retain a completely misguided view of Trump and U.S. democracy.

The price of the European kicking-the-can-down-the-road approach to political problems is paid on all levels now, national (e.g. Germany) and supranational (EU).

Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark’s prime minister over Greenland US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island

FT scoop: Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark’s prime minister last week www.ft.com/content/ace0... @gideonrachman.bsky.social

Donald Trump’s icebreaker leaves Greenland and Denmark adrift US president-elect’s gambit in the Arctic has unnerved Nuuk and left Copenhagen struggling to respond

Trump’s icebreaker leaves Greenland and Denmark adrift - excellent @richardmilne.bsky.social column on how Trump's signals are going down in Nuuk and Copenhagen www.ft.com/content/a014...

Finland probes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident Disconnection of power line follows series of suspected sabotage attacks on Baltic Sea infrastructure

Finnish authorities also investigating whether the Eagle S, flagged in the Cook Islands, cut 3 communication cables too www.ft.com/content/0c20...

Finland probes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident Disconnection of power line follows series of suspected sabotage attacks on Baltic Sea infrastructure

Finland is investigating whether an oil tanker that is part of Russia's shadow fleet cut an electricity cable to Estonia www.ft.com/content/0c20...