After the signing of a new joint declaration further deepening ties between the EU and the self-governed Arctic territory, the inclusion of Greenland in the internal market should be the goal to achieve, write André Gattolin and Damien Degeorges.
MP André Gattolin is Vice-Chair of the French Senate’s Finance and European Affairs Committees and author of a report on “Greenland: a crossroads between Europe and the Arctic?” Dr. Damien Degeorges is a Reykjavík-based international consultant and author of a doctoral thesis on “The Role of Greenland in the Arctic”.
Greenland and the European Union have a special relationship. Not only because Greenland is the only territory to have ever left the European Communities, but also because it is one of the most strategic Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) as well as a key territory in a region, the Arctic, of increasing importance for the Northern Hemisphere.