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France supports the suspension of a commercialized woody between the European Union and the U.S., Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told the French Parliament connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026), arsenic a enactment implicit the aboriginal of Greenland intensified. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened a further question of tariffs connected immoderate European nations until helium is allowed to instrumentality power of Greenland, to the dismay of European leaders.
“The menace of customs duties (is) being utilized arsenic blackmail to obtain unjustifiable concessions,” Mr. Barrot said, adding that the European Commission has “very almighty instruments” to respond to Trump’s threats.
The European Parliament is expected to formally suspend connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) its work connected the commercialized woody struck with the U.S. past summertime in protestation implicit Trump’s threats, EU lawmakers said.
The Parliament had been owed to ballot connected removing galore EU import duties connected January 26-27, but Manfred Weber, caput of the European People’s Party, the largest radical successful Parliament, said precocious connected Saturday that support was not imaginable for now.
In a station on the societal media level X, Mr. Barrot said France wants to continue moving with the U.S. connected information and peace. “But erstwhile the United States makes an unacceptable proposal, it (France) is prepared to accidental no,” Mr. Barrot wrote.
