EU races to rethink Arctic policy as the global power grab continues

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Paet has urged Europe to work more closely with Greenlandic partners when it comes to critical raw materials and energy, and has called for the EU's next long-term budget to earmark funds for a range of economic activities in the region, such as fishing, icebreakers, and infrastructure investments.
62% : European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is completing her two-day whistlestop tour of the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk, on Monday to further European Union-Arctic relations -- and gather intelligence as the European Union maps out a new Arctic Policy.
59% : "These partnerships have to also be reflected in the new EU Arctic strategy," Martisiute said.
59% : Together, Martisiute and Dahlberg published a paper with dozens of recommendations for the EU's forthcoming policy.
58% : "The important point for this new strategy is that it clearly reflects adequately what is ongoing, and also shows the way how the European Union, also through its budget should react to all those changes we have witnessed.
54% : But in the years since, the European Commission has admitted the policy needs an urgent revamp to address the changing security and defence environment in the region -- a more militarised Russia, for one thing, as well as China's effort to expand its economic footprint as melting ice opens new Arctic Sea routes.
54% : Paet has drafted several high-profile reports regarding EU foreign policy, including one on the Arctic.
54% : "In response, European allies are stepping up on Arctic security, and the European Union is ready to do its part," she said.
53% : Linda Solstrand Dahlberg, a senior representative of the Arctic University of Norway, told Euronews that the policy could incorporate a blueprint for greater EU and NATO coordination regarding the Arctic.
52% : Instead, the then-EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell emphasised climate change, raw materials and geostrategic influence as central to the document.
46% : She reiterated that the EU's geopolitical agenda has clearly changed since then, with Russa's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
40% : As the wait continues, experts have warned Euronews there is much at stake if the EU executive does not get this new version right -- particularly when it comes to security and defence.
31% : Arctic warmingis nearly four times the global average, with more than 10,000 cubic kilometres of sea ice lost in the region over the last 40 years.
22% : Meanwhile, the EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in February that given US President Donald Trump's annexationist rhetoric toward Greenland, and these other geopolitical issues, the Arctic can no longer be considered a quiet corner of the map.

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