• doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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    1 month ago

    They’re not though. They’re some kind of independent territory of Denmark and they have special trading privileges with the EU, but a simple Google search will tell you they’re not part of it.

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      1 month ago

      Yup, but an attack on Greenland (for an example) is an attack on the Kingdom of Denmark. And thus is treated as such.

      Basically, Greenland gets to run itself, for the most part. But anything external goes through DK.

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        1 month ago

        It could be treated as such. It could also not be. They don’t have the legal framework that membership provides.

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          1 month ago

          They are part of Denmark and therefor goes under it’s protection.

          If they didn’t, Greenland would have been pick off a long time ago.

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            1 month ago

            Under Denmark’s protection (whatever that is worth) yes, but is, for example, Bulgaria going to militarily support a non-member independent nation? Maybe. They’re not obligated to.

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              1 month ago

              As I said, by proxy Greenland is also under NATO protection as long they are part of Denmark.