EU ‘should not hesitate’ to use anti-coercion mechanism in face of Greenland tariff threats: Macron

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum successful  Davos, Switzerland, connected  Tuesday, January 20, 2026.

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum successful Davos, Switzerland, connected Tuesday, January 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP

French President Emmanuel Macron connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) said the European Union “should not hesitate” to usage the commercialized bloc's Anti-Coercion Instrument successful look of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats implicit Greenland.

Mr. Macron, speaking astatine the World Economic Forum successful the Swiss Alpine municipality of Davos, pushed backmost against assertive U.S. commercialized pressures and “an endless accumulation of caller tariffs”.

“The anti-coercion mechanics is simply a almighty instrumentality and we should not hesitate to deploy it successful today's pugnacious environment,” helium said.

“We bash judge that we request ‌more growth, ‌we request much stableness successful ‍this world, but we bash ‍prefer respect to bullies,” Mr. Macron told the World Economic Forum successful Davos, speaking successful English.

“We ⁠do similar subject to (conspiracies) ​and we bash ⁠prefer regularisation of instrumentality to brutality,” added Mr. Macron.

Emmanuel ​Macron besides said that, helium does not program to ​speak ⁠with his U.S. ​counterpart Donald ⁠Trump astatine the ‌World Economic ‌Forum successful ‍Davos.

Published - January 20, 2026 08:04 p.m. IST

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