acquiring Greenland<\/strong><\/a>, a Danish territory.<\/p>\n<p>Danish shoppers have been using two apps in particular to help identify American-made goods and suggest local alternatives\u2014sending these apps soaring to the top of Denmark's app charts.<\/p>\n<p>One of the apps, called UdenUSA or NonUSA in English, is climbing the charts and is currently the most downloaded app in the country, just above ChatGPT, on the App Store.<\/p>\n<p>The app allows users to scan goods to see their country of origin. It also helps find alternatives from countries other than the United States and adds them to a shopping cart.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2026//01//19//what-is-donald-trumps-proposed-golden-dome-missile-defence-system-and-how-would-it-work/">What is Donald Trump's proposed 'Golden Dome' missile defence system and how would it work?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The developers say the app was not intended to encourage a boycott but to give consumers more clarity about their purchases.<\/p>\n<p>Another popular app is Made O\u2019Meter, which is currently ranked fifth on the App Store in the Nordic country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s up to consumers what they want to do,\u201d Jonas Pipper, one of the UdenUSA developers, told Denmark\u2019s public broadcaster DR Nyheder.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say supermarket boycotts are likely to have a limited impact because relatively few American-made products are sold in Danish stores.<\/p>\n<p>Only about 1 percent of Danish food consumption comes directly from the United States, according to Louise Aggerstr\u00f8m Hansen, a private economist at Danske Bank.<\/p>\n<p>This also makes it difficult to assess the real effect of such a boycott.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//10//17//denmark-is-ramping-up-defence-tech-spending-amid-security-concerns-heres-what-its-investin/">Denmark is ramping up defence tech spending amid security concerns. Here\u2019s what it\u2019s investing in<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>A way to vent anger<\/h2>\n<p>However, researchers say the apps may still give consumers a sense of agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people watch the news and see something they don't like and get angry about it. In this case, it's about ourselves and Greenland,\u201d Pelle Guldborg Hansen, a behavioural researcher at Roskilde University, told local media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then you just want to do something with your anger. No matter how small it is,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of January, Trump has repeated earlier suggestions that the US should acquire Greenland. Officials from Greenland, Denmark and the US have since held meetings, describing their positions as \u201c<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2026//01//14//danish-foreign-minister-says-did-not-convince-trump-to-back-off-from-greenland-after-crunc/">agreeing to disagree<\/strong><\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2026//01//17//thousands-take-part-in-hands-off-greenland-protests-in-denmark/">thousands of people took to the streets<\/strong><\/a> in Greenland and Denmark in protests opposing any US takeover of the Arctic island.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769075340,"updatedAt":1769095827,"publishedAt":1769078069,"firstPublishedAt":1769078069,"lastPublishedAt":1769095826,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","altText":"Danish shoppers have been using two apps in particular to help identify American-made 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US.","keySentence":"","url":"thousands-take-part-in-hands-off-greenland-protests-in-denmark","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/01\/17\/thousands-take-part-in-hands-off-greenland-protests-in-denmark","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Thousands of people took to the streets of Denmark's capital on Saturday to protest at US President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland.\n\nThe protest followed Trump's warning on Friday that he \"may put a tariff\" on countries that oppose his plans to take over mineral-rich Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark.\n\nThey also coincided with a visit to Copenhagen by a bipartisan delegation from the US Congress that has made clear the opposition of many Americans to the Trump administration's sabre-rattling.\n\nWaving the flags of Denmark and Greenland, the protesters formed a sea of red and white outside Copenhagen city hall, chanting \"Kalaallit Nunaat!\" -- the vast Arctic island's name in Greenlandic.\n\nThousands of people had said on social media they would to take part in marches and rallies organised by Greenlandic associations in Copenhagen, and in Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense and the Greenlandic capital Nuuk.\n\n\"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy and fundamental human rights,\" Uagut, an association of Greenlanders in Denmark, said on its website.\n\nA sister demonstration was scheduled to happen in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, to protest the US' \"illegal plans to take control of Greenland\", organisers said.\n\nDemonstrators would march to the US consulate carrying Greenlandic flags.\n\nThe Copenhagen rally made a stop outside the US embassy in the Danish capital.\n\nDemand respect\n\n\"Recent events have put Greenland and Greenlanders in both Greenland and Denmark under pressure,\" Uagut chairwoman Julie Rademacher said in a statement to AFP, calling for \"unity\".\n\n\"When tensions rise and people go into a state of alarm, we risk creating more problems than solutions for ourselves and for each other. We appeal to Greenlanders in both Greenland and Denmark to stand together,\" she said.\n\nThe demonstration in Greenland was \"to show that we are taking action, that we stand together and that we support our politicians, diplomats and partners,\" Kristian Johansen, one of the organisers, said in a statement.\n\n\"We demand respect for our country's right to self-determination and for us as a people,\" added Avijaja Rosing-Olsen, another organiser.\n\n\"We demand respect for international law and international legal principles. This is not only our struggle, it is a struggle that concerns the entire world.\"\n\nAccording to the latest poll published in January 2025, 85 percent of Greenlanders oppose the territory joining the United States. Only six percent were in favour.\n\nNo security threat\n\nSpeaking in Copenhagen, where the Congressional delegation met top Danish and Greenlandic politicians and business leaders, US Democratic Senator Chris Coons insisted there was no security threat to Greenland to justify the Trump administration's stance.\n\nHe was responding after Trump advisor Stephen Miller claimed on Fox News that Denmark was too small to defend its sovereign Arctic territory.\n\n\"There are no pressing security threats to Greenland, but we share real concern about Arctic security going forward, as the climate changes, as the sea ice retreats, as shipping routes change,\" Coons told the press.\n\n\"There are legitimate reasons for us to explore ways to invest better in Arctic security broadly, both in the American Arctic and in our NATO partners and allies,\" said Coons, who is leading the US delegation. Trump has repeatedly criticised Denmark -- a NATO ally -- for, in his view, not doing enough to ensure Greenland's security.\n\nThe US president has pursued that argument, despite strategically located Greenland -- as part of Denmark -- being covered by NATO's security umbrella.\n\nEuropean NATO members are deploying troops in Greenland for a military exercise designed to show the world, including the United States, that they will \"defend (their) sovereignty\",\n\nFrench armed forces minister Alice Rufo said this week.\n\nBritain, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have announced they are sending small numbers of military personnel to prepare for future exercises in the Arctic.\u00a0\n\nThe United States has been invited to participate in the exercise, Denmark said on Friday.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Thousands of people took to the streets of Denmark's capital on Saturday to protest at US President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>The protest followed Trump's warning on Friday that he \"may put a tariff\" on countries that oppose his plans to take over mineral-rich Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>They also coincided with a visit to Copenhagen by a bipartisan delegation from the US Congress that has made clear the opposition of many Americans to the Trump administration's sabre-rattling.<\/p>\n<p>Waving the flags of Denmark and Greenland, the protesters formed a sea of red and white outside Copenhagen city hall, chanting \"Kalaallit Nunaat!\" -- the vast Arctic island's name in Greenlandic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//17//trump-says-he-may-punish-countries-opposed-to-us-control-of-greenland-with-tariffs/">Trump says he may punish countries opposed to US control of Greenland with tariffs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//16//us-denmark-spat-over-greenland-not-the-end-at-all-of-nato-says-latvian-defence-minister/">US-Denmark spat over Greenland 'not the end' of NATO, says Latvian defence minister <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Thousands of people had said on social media they would to take part in marches and rallies organised by Greenlandic associations in Copenhagen, and in Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense and the Greenlandic capital Nuuk.<\/p>\n<p>\"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy and fundamental human rights,\" Uagut, an association of Greenlanders in Denmark, said on its website.<\/p>\n<p>A sister demonstration was scheduled to happen in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, to protest the US' \"illegal plans to take control of Greenland\", organisers said. <\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators would march to the US consulate carrying Greenlandic flags.<\/p>\n<p>The Copenhagen rally made a stop outside the US embassy in the Danish capital.<\/p>\n<h2>Demand respect<\/h2>\n<p>\"Recent events have put Greenland and Greenlanders in both Greenland and Denmark under pressure,\" Uagut chairwoman Julie Rademacher said in a statement to AFP, calling for \"unity\".<\/p>\n<p>\"When tensions rise and people go into a state of alarm, we risk creating more problems than solutions for ourselves and for each other. We appeal to Greenlanders in both Greenland and Denmark to stand together,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration in Greenland was \"to show that we are taking action, that we stand together and that we support our politicians, diplomats and partners,\" Kristian Johansen, one of the organisers, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"We demand respect for our country's right to self-determination and for us as a people,\" added Avijaja Rosing-Olsen, another organiser.<\/p>\n<p>\"We demand respect for international law and international legal principles. This is not only our struggle, it is a struggle that concerns the entire world.\"<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest poll published in January 2025, 85 percent of Greenlanders oppose the territory joining the United States. Only six percent were in favour.<\/p>\n<h2>No security threat<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking in Copenhagen, where the Congressional delegation met top Danish and Greenlandic politicians and business leaders, US Democratic Senator Chris Coons insisted there was no security threat to Greenland to justify the Trump administration's stance.<\/p>\n<p>He was responding after Trump advisor Stephen Miller claimed on Fox News that Denmark was too small to defend its sovereign Arctic territory.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are no pressing security threats to Greenland, but we share real concern about Arctic security going forward, as the climate changes, as the sea ice retreats, as shipping routes change,\" Coons told the press.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are legitimate reasons for us to explore ways to invest better in Arctic security broadly, both in the American Arctic and in our NATO partners and allies,\" said Coons, who is leading the US delegation. Trump has repeatedly criticised Denmark -- a NATO ally -- for, in his view, not doing enough to ensure Greenland's security.<\/p>\n<p>The US president has pursued that argument, despite strategically located Greenland -- as part of Denmark -- being covered by NATO's security umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>European NATO members are deploying troops in Greenland for a military exercise designed to show the world, including the United States, that they will \"defend (their) sovereignty\",<\/p>\n<p>French armed forces minister Alice Rufo said this week.<\/p>\n<p>Britain, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have announced they are sending small numbers of military personnel to prepare for future exercises in the Arctic. <\/p>\n<p>The United States has been invited to participate in the exercise, Denmark said on Friday.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1768660457,"updatedAt":1768665780,"publishedAt":1768665775,"firstPublishedAt":1768665775,"lastPublishedAt":1768665775,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/64\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e125d1f4-fffc-56f9-aad8-6cf281e83dbd-9616434.jpg","altText":"People march during a pro- Greenlanders demonstration, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. 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The Defence Ministry confirmed to Berlingske that the directive \"remains in force,\" Danish and Greenlandic outlets reported.\n\nThe Arctic Command, Denmark's military authority in Greenland, would assess whether any situation constitutes an attack, according to procedures in place.\n\nThe directive was created following Nazi Germany's attack on Denmark in April 1940, when communications partially collapsed and many military units did not know how to respond, according to Denmark's National Encyclopedia.\n\nThe order ensures military forces engage in combat upon attack without requiring specific commands.\n\nBoth Denmark and Greenland's governments reject Trump's proposals to purchase or seize the island.\n\nTop-level meeting in the works\n\nMeanwhile, Denmark has welcomed a meeting with the US next week to discuss Trump\u2019s renewed push for Greenland to come under US control.\n\n\u201cThis is the dialogue that is needed, as requested by the government together with the Greenlandic government,\u201d Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told Danish broadcaster DR on Thursday.\n\nUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio had said on Wednesday that a meeting about Greenland would happen next week, without giving details about timing, location or participants.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not here to talk about Denmark or military intervention. I\u2019ll be meeting with them next week, we\u2019ll have those conversations with them then,\u201d Rubio told reporters on Capitol Hill.\n\nGreenland's government has told Danish public broadcaster DR that Greenland will participate in the meeting between Denmark and the US announced by Rubio.\n\n\u201cNothing about Greenland without Greenland. Of course we will be there. We are the ones who requested the meeting,\u201d Greenland\u2019s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt told DR.\n\nThe island of Greenland, 80% of which lies north of the Arctic Circle, is home to about 56,000 people, mostly Inuit.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Soldiers must engage without awaiting orders if anyone were to invade Danish territory, including US troops attempting to seize Greenland, according to a 1952 military directive that Denmark's Defence Ministry has confirmed remains in force.<\/p>\n<p>The standing order requires Danish military personnel to \"immediately take up the fight\" against any attack on Danish territory without waiting for commands, even if commanders are unaware of a declaration of war, the Defence Command and Ministry told Danish newspaper Berlingske.<\/p>\n<p>The directive has gained attention after US President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to take control of Greenland by force if necessary, describing the Arctic territory as vital to American national security.<\/p>\n<p>Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said this week that a military attempt at taking Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, would mark the end of NATO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the United States chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops,\u201d Frederiksen told Danish broadcaster TV2 on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is, including our NATO and thus the security that has been provided since the end of World War II.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//60//63//25//808x539_cmsv2_7f1bae67-5c84-5a7d-aa33-ad8844ee1b1f-9606325.jpg/" alt=\"A goose flies by as Denmark's King Frederik X presents the King's Watch during a parade at the Royal Life Guards at the Life Guard Barracks in Copenhagen, 27 June 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/384x256_cmsv2_7f1bae67-5c84-5a7d-aa33-ad8844ee1b1f-9606325.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/640x427_cmsv2_7f1bae67-5c84-5a7d-aa33-ad8844ee1b1f-9606325.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/750x500_cmsv2_7f1bae67-5c84-5a7d-aa33-ad8844ee1b1f-9606325.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/828x552_cmsv2_7f1bae67-5c84-5a7d-aa33-ad8844ee1b1f-9606325.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/1080x720_cmsv2_7f1bae67-5c84-5a7d-aa33-ad8844ee1b1f-9606325.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/1200x800_cmsv2_7f1bae67-5c84-5a7d-aa33-ad8844ee1b1f-9606325.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/1920x1281_cmsv2_7f1bae67-5c84-5a7d-aa33-ad8844ee1b1f-9606325.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A goose flies by as Denmark's King Frederik X presents the King's Watch during a parade at the Royal Life Guards at the Life Guard Barracks in Copenhagen, 27 June 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The 1952 order states that attacking forces must respond without hesitation or seek authorisation. The Defence Ministry confirmed to Berlingske that the directive \"remains in force,\" Danish and Greenlandic outlets reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Arctic Command, Denmark's military authority in Greenland, would assess whether any situation constitutes an attack, according to procedures in place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//07//rubio-says-he-plans-to-meet-danish-officials-next-week-to-talk-about-us-interest-in-greenl/">Rubio says he plans to meet Danish officials next week to talk about US interest in Greenland<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//06//trump-aide-miller-says-no-one-would-fight-us-over-future-of-greenland/">Trump aide Miller says no one would fight US over future of Greenland<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The directive was created following Nazi Germany's attack on Denmark in April 1940, when communications partially collapsed and many military units did not know how to respond, according to Denmark's National Encyclopedia. <\/p>\n<p>The order ensures military forces engage in combat upon attack without requiring specific commands.<\/p>\n<p>Both Denmark and Greenland's governments reject Trump's proposals to purchase or seize the island.<\/p>\n<h2>Top-level meeting in the works<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Denmark has welcomed a meeting with the US next week to discuss Trump\u2019s renewed push for Greenland to come under US control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the dialogue that is needed, as requested by the government together with the Greenlandic government,\u201d Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told Danish broadcaster DR on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had said on Wednesday that a meeting about Greenland would happen next week, without giving details about timing, location or participants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not here to talk about Denmark or military intervention. I\u2019ll be meeting with them next week, we\u2019ll have those conversations with them then,\u201d Rubio told reporters on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//60//63//25//808x539_cmsv2_9fa49987-4694-5132-a255-592c7cedd74b-9606325.jpg/" alt=\"Houses covered by snow are seen on the coast of a sea inlet of Nuuk, Greenland, 7 March 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/384x256_cmsv2_9fa49987-4694-5132-a255-592c7cedd74b-9606325.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/640x427_cmsv2_9fa49987-4694-5132-a255-592c7cedd74b-9606325.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/750x500_cmsv2_9fa49987-4694-5132-a255-592c7cedd74b-9606325.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/828x552_cmsv2_9fa49987-4694-5132-a255-592c7cedd74b-9606325.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/1080x720_cmsv2_9fa49987-4694-5132-a255-592c7cedd74b-9606325.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/1200x800_cmsv2_9fa49987-4694-5132-a255-592c7cedd74b-9606325.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/63\/25\/1920x1281_cmsv2_9fa49987-4694-5132-a255-592c7cedd74b-9606325.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Houses covered by snow are seen on the coast of a sea inlet of Nuuk, Greenland, 7 March 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Greenland's government has told Danish public broadcaster DR that Greenland will participate in the meeting between Denmark and the US announced by Rubio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing about Greenland without Greenland. 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","leadin":"The US president's latest remarks about a possible annexation of Greenland have drawn condemnation from Denmark and Europe more widely.","summary":"The US president's latest remarks about a possible annexation of Greenland have drawn condemnation from Denmark and Europe more widely.","keySentence":"","url":"why-does-trump-want-greenland-so-badly-and-what-could-it-mean-for-europe","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/01\/05\/why-does-trump-want-greenland-so-badly-and-what-could-it-mean-for-europe","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After the US raid on Venezuela that resulted in the arrest of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, Trump repeated his intentions to annex Greenland for the US, as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued her strongest rebuke to date, saying his calls to claim the island must stop.\n\nGreenland is a semi-autonomous region of Denmark, which is a member of NATO and the European Union. Since returning to power at the start of 2025, Trump has several times called for its annexation, and following the ouster of Maduro he has returned to the idea in public.\n\n\"We need Greenland for a national security situation,\" Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday. \"It's so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place.\"\n\n\"You know what Denmark did for security lately? They added one more dog sled.\"\n\nA day earlier, speaking to The Atlantic, Trump said: \"We do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defence.\"\n\nIn response, the Danish prime minister said America threats must stop immediately.\n\n\"It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the US needing to take over Greenland. The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish Kingdom,\" Frederiksen said in a statement on Sunday.\n\nWhy does Trump want Greenland?\n\nJust before Christmas, Trump appointed a special envoy, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, to deal with the issue of Greenland. Landry said in a post on social media that he is honoured to serve in a \"volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the US\".\n\nTrump regularly cites national security interests as a reason for his intentions toward Greenland, which is strategically located in the Arctic Ocean in the midst of major shipping routes. The world's biggest island, it is geographically speaking part of North America.\n\nAs global warming progresses, more shipping routes through the Arctic will open up, making Greenland even more important.\n\nThe US has had a defence agreement with Greenland since 1951, and has around 150 personnel stationed there at the Pituffik Space Base, which focuses on missile detection and space surveillance.\n\nAccording to Ian Lesser, a distinguished fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US, Washington already has the security foothold it needs in Greenland, and the Trump administration's intentions almost certainly pertain more to natural resources.\n\n\"The president puts a lot of emphasis on resources, mineral resources, energy resources, and commercial opportunities,\" Lesser told Euronews. \"Even if these resources are not easy to extract profitably, it wouldn't surprise me that there would now be a lot of concern.\"\n\nHow has Europe reacted?\n\nDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen rebuffed Trump's latest comments in a televised statement.\n\n\"It makes absolutely no sense to speak of any necessity for the United States to take over Greenland,\" she said. \"The United States has no legal basis to annex one of the three countries of the Kingdom of Denmark.\"\n\nThe prime minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said linking the issue of Greenland to the military intervention in Venezuela was disrespectful, while French Foreign Ministry Spokesman Pascal Confavreux said France stands in solidarity with Denmark.\n\n\"Greenland belongs to Greenland\u2019s people and to Denmark\u2019s people. It is up to them to decide what they wish to do. Borders cannot be changed by force,\u201d Confavreux told French national broadcaster TF1.\n\nSwedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, meanwhile, said his country stands behind Denmark.\n\n\u201cOnly Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide about their territories,\" Kristersson said.\n\nThe EU denounced the US's proposals to take over Greenland several times last year.\n\nLesser said that while a forceful annexation of Greenland is unlikely, it cannot be definitively ruled out.\n\n\"I don't think it was ever likely that the United States would use force in Greenland, but obviously, looking at the experience in Venezuela, many will understandably draw the conclusion that the president in some sense needs to be taken at his word,\" he said.\n\nHe added that the pressure might lead to concessions from Denmark to allow the US more access to the territory.\n\n\"It may not take the form of a kind of military intervention, but there could be all kinds of commercial, diplomatic economic pressure aimed at getting the United States a good deal in Greenland.\n\nWhat can Europeans do now?\n\nWhile the Danish government is in crisis mode and insists that the territory is not for sale, Lesser says Denmark and Europe have some cards to play as well.\n\n\"I do think there are a lot of things on the table because the US administration does seem to put a primacy on economic and commercial issues. I think there is the possibility of doing a package deal across the Atlantic in which many things are in play,\" Lesser said.\n\nThe EU has two disadvantages in any attempted trade-off: one, the goals of the US president are not completely clear, and two, it moves significantly slower than the Trump administration.\n\n\"It's not that the European Union or NATO is incapable of responding to these challenges, but the pace on this side of the Atlantic is a lot slower than it is in Washington.\" Lesser said.\n\nCould the Greenland row damage NATO?\n\nIn her overnight reaction to Trump's latest comments, Frederiksen recalled that as a NATO member, Denmark is covered by the Alliance\u2019s collective security guarantee.\n\n\"I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale,\u201d she said.\n\nTensions and hostilities are not unprecedented among NATO allies: Greece and Turkey, for instance, have had very tense exchanges in the past. But this time, the members in conflict could include the guarantor of European security and one of the nations it is ostensibly obliged to help protect.\n\n\"It's obviously a very basic level corrosive of cohesion within the alliance,\" Lesser said. \"There is an assumption that allies simply don't behave in this way.\"\n\nHe added that threats are extremely disruptive of a transatlantic security relationship that's already in jeopardy.\n\n\"Anything that would go beyond the kind of rhetoric we've already seen over Greenland would cause a real crisis inside the Alliance.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>After the US raid on Venezuela that resulted in the arrest of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, Trump repeated his intentions to annex Greenland for the US, as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued her strongest rebuke to date, saying his calls to claim the island must stop. <\/p>\n<p>Greenland is a semi-autonomous region of Denmark, which is a member of NATO and the European Union. Since returning to power at the start of 2025, Trump has several times called for its annexation, and following the ouster of Maduro he has returned to the idea in public.<\/p>\n<p>\"We need Greenland for a national security situation,\" Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday. \"It's so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"You know what Denmark did for security lately? They added one more dog sled.\" <\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, speaking to The Atlantic, Trump said: \"We do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defence.\"<\/p>\n<p>In response, the Danish prime minister said America threats must stop immediately. <\/p>\n<p>\"It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the US needing to take over Greenland. The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish Kingdom,\" Frederiksen said in a statement on Sunday. <\/p>\n<h2>Why does Trump want Greenland?<\/h2>\n<p>Just before Christmas, Trump appointed a special envoy, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, to deal with the issue of Greenland. Landry said in a post on social media that he is honoured to serve in a \"volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the US\".<\/p>\n<p>Trump regularly cites national security interests as a reason for his intentions toward Greenland, which is strategically located in the Arctic Ocean in the midst of major shipping routes. The world's biggest island, it is geographically speaking part of North America. <\/p>\n<p>As global warming progresses, more shipping routes through the Arctic will open up, making Greenland even more important.<\/p>\n<p>The US has had a defence agreement with Greenland since 1951, and has around 150 personnel stationed there at the Pituffik Space Base, which focuses on missile detection and space surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ian Lesser, a distinguished fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US, Washington already has the security foothold it needs in Greenland, and the Trump administration's intentions almost certainly pertain more to natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>\"The president puts a lot of emphasis on resources, mineral resources, energy resources, and commercial opportunities,\" Lesser told Euronews. \"Even if these resources are not easy to extract profitably, it wouldn't surprise me that there would now be a lot of concern.\" <\/p>\n<h2>How has Europe reacted?<\/h2>\n<p>Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen rebuffed Trump's latest comments in a televised statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"It makes absolutely no sense to speak of any necessity for the United States to take over Greenland,\" she said. \"The United States has no legal basis to annex one of the three countries of the Kingdom of Denmark.\"<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said linking the issue of Greenland to the military intervention in Venezuela was disrespectful, while French Foreign Ministry Spokesman Pascal Confavreux said France stands in solidarity with Denmark. <\/p>\n<p>\"Greenland belongs to Greenland\u2019s people and to Denmark\u2019s people. It is up to them to decide what they wish to do. Borders cannot be changed by force,\u201d Confavreux told French national broadcaster TF1. <\/p>\n<p>Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, meanwhile, said his country stands behind Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide about their territories,\" Kristersson said. <\/p>\n<p>The EU denounced the US's proposals to take over Greenland several times last year. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//16//climate-change-in-the-arctic-how-melting-ice-is-causing-greenland-to-shrink/">Climate change in the Arctic: How melting ice is causing Greenland to \u2018shrink\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//05//greenland-prime-minister-says-enough-after-latest-trump-threat/">Greenland prime minister says 'enough' after latest Trump threat<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Lesser said that while a forceful annexation of Greenland is unlikely, it cannot be definitively ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>\"I don't think it was ever likely that the United States would use force in Greenland, but obviously, looking at the experience in Venezuela, many will understandably draw the conclusion that the president in some sense needs to be taken at his word,\" he said. <\/p>\n<p>He added that the pressure might lead to concessions from Denmark to allow the US more access to the territory.<\/p>\n<p>\"It may not take the form of a kind of military intervention, but there could be all kinds of commercial, diplomatic economic pressure aimed at getting the United States a good deal in Greenland.<\/p>\n<h2>What can Europeans do now?<\/h2>\n<p>While the Danish government is in crisis mode and insists that the territory is not for sale, Lesser says Denmark and Europe have some cards to play as well. <\/p>\n<p>\"I do think there are a lot of things on the table because the US administration does seem to put a primacy on economic and commercial issues. I think there is the possibility of doing a package deal across the Atlantic in which many things are in play,\" Lesser said. <\/p>\n<p>The EU has two disadvantages in any attempted trade-off: one, the goals of the US president are not completely clear, and two, it moves significantly slower than the Trump administration. <\/p>\n<p>\"It's not that the European Union or NATO is incapable of responding to these challenges, but the pace on this side of the Atlantic is a lot slower than it is in Washington.\" Lesser said.<\/p>\n<h2>Could the Greenland row damage NATO?<\/h2>\n<p>In her overnight reaction to Trump's latest comments, Frederiksen recalled that as a NATO member, Denmark is covered by the Alliance\u2019s collective security guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>\"I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions and hostilities are not unprecedented among NATO allies: Greece and Turkey, for instance, have had very tense exchanges in the past. But this time, the members in conflict could include the guarantor of European security and one of the nations it is ostensibly obliged to help protect.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's obviously a very basic level corrosive of cohesion within the alliance,\" Lesser said. \"There is an assumption that allies simply don't behave in this way.\" <\/p>\n<p>He added that threats are extremely disruptive of a transatlantic security relationship that's already in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>\"Anything that would go beyond the kind of rhetoric we've already seen over Greenland would cause a real crisis inside the Alliance.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1767602207,"updatedAt":1767630581,"publishedAt":1767620390,"firstPublishedAt":1767620390,"lastPublishedAt":1767624834,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":" A plane carrying Donald Trump Jr. lands in Nuuk, Greenland in January 2025. 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efficiently.","keySentence":"","url":"why-christmas-tree-farms-are-turning-to-drones-and-ai-this-year","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/12\/25\/why-christmas-tree-farms-are-turning-to-drones-and-ai-this-year","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As the Christmas season nears, tree sellers are once again filling streets and town squares across Europe, stacking rows of firs destined for homes, offices and public spaces.\n\nBehind the scenes, however, the way those trees are grown is beginning to change.\n\nIn Denmark, some farmers started using drones to map their fields and artificial intelligence (AI) to count and measure trees.\n\nDenmark is Europe\u2019s second biggest Christmas tree producer after Germany and the world\u2019s biggest exporter, according to the Danish Christmas tree association.\n\nIn a case study shared with Euronews, the\u00a0 Serbian AI firm Agremo said a family-owned Christmas tree farm in Denmark replaced traditional manual counting with drones- and satellite-based imaging and analysis, reducing time spent walking the fields and limiting human error.\n\nAgremo\u2019s AI uses machine learning and computer vision to \u201cteach the software how the tree looks,\u201d and it can learn to \u201crecognise the trees in the drone imagery,\u201d according to Luka \u017divkovi\u0107, Agremo\u2019s head of sales.\n\nChristmas trees typically take around a decade to reach harvest. That long growth cycle makes regular monitoring of tree health, growth and yield essential for farmers.\u00a0\n\nMany growers previously relied on workers to walk fields and count or measure trees manually, a process that could take days and still produce inconsistent results.\n\nThe Serbian company said its system can map a 100-hectare plantation in around 30 minutes and count trees within 24 hours with an accuracy of up to 98 per cent.\u00a0\n\n\u201cSome big nurseries that we work with (have) more than 100,000 trees, so measuring them and counting them would take them first a lot of labour and then a lot of time,\u201d said \u017divkovi\u0107.\n\nThe AI tool also gives each tree an ID, allowing tracking of growth and sales.\n\n\u2018Exciting time for Christmas trees\u2019\n\nExperts say drones can help farmers \u201csave time and money\u201d, as they can operate during early hours and reduce the need for manual labour.\n\nIn the United States, North Carolina State University supports growers through its Christmas Tree Extension programme, which provides research-based, practical guidance to the local industry.\n\nNorth Carolina is one of the country\u2019s leading Christmas tree-producing states, with around 33,000 acres\u00a0 (about 13,350 hectares) under cultivation.\n\nAt some farms, drones are now taking on work that previously required five to ten people, according to William H. Kohlway IV, a Christmas tree production specialist at North Carolina State University in the United States.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a really exciting time for Christmas trees,\u201d Kohlway told Euronews Next.\n\nHe said drones have moved rapidly from experimental tools to everyday equipment over the past three to five years, particularly for larger growers. Some producers are now investing in multiple agricultural drones because of their effectiveness in the field.\n\nKohlway said the rapid growth is partially thanks to \u00a0Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR), a laser-based surveying technology, that can scan entire plantations in detail.\u00a0\n\nDrones can also carry out targeted spraying, applying fertilisers or herbicides to just the parts of the fields that need them.\u00a0\n\n\u201cIn fact, a lot of the guys who used to mainly do the stuff have now become drone operators, and they love it because they don't have to haul a backpack. They can just have the drone do the heavy lifting,\u201d said Kohlway.\n\nUnlike in Denmark, many Christmas trees in North Carolina are grown on slopes, where conventional machinery struggles and the risk of accidents is higher.\n\nAutonomous ground-based drones, effectively robotic mowers, are being developed to work in areas that may be difficult or dangerous for humans to reach.\n\n\u201cWe have some Christmas tree fields at like 60, 70 degree slopes. And a lot of mowers cannot handle that kind of steep slope. So the ones that are just now coming out are heavy-duty, kind of tank tread-based flail mowers, that can actually handle our inclines,\u201d said Kohlway.\n\nThe true cost\n\nDespite the promise, barriers remain.\n\nThe cost of drones hovers around\u00a0 \u20ac25,600 and software, along with training requirements and strict aviation rules, can make adoption difficult, particularly for smaller growers.\n\nThe Danish Christmas Tree Association also says that currently, \u201cdrones are used by big companies for inventory assessments only\u201d.\n\n\u201cDanish growers vary a lot in size from small family companies (5-10 hectares) to big enterprises with more than 500 hectares. Therefore, their challenges are different, and their ways of dealing with the issues are equally different,\u201d the association told Euronews Next in a statement.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nStill, experts say interest is growing.\n\n\u201cDespite those small hurdles, a lot of people are really pushing to go into those things [drone technologies],\u201d said Kohlway.\n\n\u201cAnd the adoption rate is rapidly increasing and as the drones get better every year and the price goes down and our growers become more technologically savvy, it's honestly a great thing to do because it's also bringing in a lot of the next generation of growers,\u201d he added.\u00a0\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>As the Christmas season nears, tree sellers are once again filling streets and town squares across Europe, stacking rows of firs destined for homes, offices and public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes, however, the way those trees are grown is beginning to change.<\/p>\n<p>In Denmark, some farmers started using drones to map their fields and artificial intelligence (AI) to count and measure trees.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark is Europe\u2019s second biggest Christmas tree producer after Germany and the world\u2019s biggest exporter, according to the Danish Christmas tree association.<\/p>\n<p>In a case study shared with Euronews, the Serbian AI firm Agremo said a family-owned Christmas tree farm in Denmark replaced traditional manual counting with drones- and satellite-based imaging and analysis, reducing time spent walking the fields and limiting human error.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//12//22//milans-christmas-tree-ignites-olympic-hopes/">Milan/u2019s Christmas tree ignites Olympic hopes<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Agremo\u2019s AI uses machine learning and computer vision to \u201cteach the software how the tree looks,\u201d and it can learn to \u201crecognise the trees in the drone imagery,\u201d according to Luka \u017divkovi\u0107, Agremo\u2019s head of sales.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas trees typically take around a decade to reach harvest. That long growth cycle makes regular monitoring of tree health, growth and yield essential for farmers. <\/p>\n<p>Many growers previously relied on workers to walk fields and count or measure trees manually, a process that could take days and still produce inconsistent results.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian company said its system can map a 100-hectare plantation in around 30 minutes and count trees within 24 hours with an accuracy of up to 98 per cent. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome big nurseries that we work with (have) more than 100,000 trees, so measuring them and counting them would take them first a lot of labour and then a lot of time,\u201d said \u017divkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>The AI tool also gives each tree an ID, allowing tracking of growth and sales.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Exciting time for Christmas trees\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Experts say drones can help farmers \u201csave time and money\u201d, as they can operate during early hours and reduce the need for manual labour.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, North Carolina State University supports growers through its Christmas Tree Extension programme, which provides research-based, practical guidance to the local industry.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina is one of the country\u2019s leading Christmas tree-producing states, with around 33,000 acres (about 13,350 hectares) under cultivation.<\/p>\n<p>At some farms, drones are now taking on work that previously required five to ten people, according to William H. Kohlway IV, a Christmas tree production specialist at North Carolina State University in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really exciting time for Christmas trees,\u201d Kohlway told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>He said drones have moved rapidly from experimental tools to everyday equipment over the past three to five years, particularly for larger growers. Some producers are now investing in multiple agricultural drones because of their effectiveness in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Kohlway said the rapid growth is partially thanks to Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR), a laser-based surveying technology, that can scan entire plantations in detail. <\/p>\n<p>Drones can also carry out targeted spraying, applying fertilisers or herbicides to just the parts of the fields that need them. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, a lot of the guys who used to mainly do the stuff have now become drone operators, and they love it because they don't have to haul a backpack. They can just have the drone do the heavy lifting,\u201d said Kohlway.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike in Denmark, many Christmas trees in North Carolina are grown on slopes, where conventional machinery struggles and the risk of accidents is higher.<\/p>\n<p>Autonomous ground-based drones, effectively robotic mowers, are being developed to work in areas that may be difficult or dangerous for humans to reach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have some Christmas tree fields at like 60, 70 degree slopes. And a lot of mowers cannot handle that kind of steep slope. So the ones that are just now coming out are heavy-duty, kind of tank tread-based flail mowers, that can actually handle our inclines,\u201d said Kohlway.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The true cost<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Despite the promise, barriers remain.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of drones hovers around \u20ac25,600 and software, along with training requirements and strict aviation rules, can make adoption difficult, particularly for smaller growers.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish Christmas Tree Association also says that currently, \u201cdrones are used by big companies for inventory assessments only\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDanish growers vary a lot in size from small family companies (5-10 hectares) to big enterprises with more than 500 hectares. Therefore, their challenges are different, and their ways of dealing with the issues are equally different,\u201d the association told Euronews Next in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Still, experts say interest is growing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite those small hurdles, a lot of people are really pushing to go into those things [drone technologies],\u201d said Kohlway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the adoption rate is rapidly increasing and as the drones get better every year and the price goes down and our growers become more technologically savvy, it's honestly a great thing to do because it's also bringing in a lot of the next generation of growers,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/strong> 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EUROPE SOCIAL MEDIA RESTRICTIONS","daletPyramidId":3678626,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Which European countries are considering banning social media for children under 16?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Which EU countries are considering banning social media for children?","titleListing2":"Which European countries are considering banning social media for children?","leadin":"European countries such as the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Finland, and Germany are considering restrictions on children\u2019s social media.","summary":"European countries such as the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Finland, and Germany are considering restrictions on children\u2019s social media.","keySentence":"","url":"which-european-countries-are-considering-banning-social-media-for-children","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/12\/23\/which-european-countries-are-considering-banning-social-media-for-children","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Following Australia's groundbreaking social media ban for children launched in December, European nations are debating their own restrictions.\n\nFrom proposed legislation to existing measures, here's how countries across Europe are approaching the issue.\n\nSpain\n\nSpain will ban social media platforms for under-16s and will require the implementation of age-verification systems, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said at the World Government Summit in Dubai.\n\n\"Social media has become a failed state, where laws are ignored, and crimes are tolerated,\" he said on February 3. \"We will protect them from the digital Wild West.\"\n\nSanchez said his government would introduce a new bill to hold social media executives accountable for illegal and hateful content.\n\nEuronews Next reached out to the Spanish government to clarify whether Sanchez's remarks refer to a new law or a similar one that has previously been discussed.\n\nA recent poll by YouGov found that 79 percent of Spanish parents agree with an Australian-style age restriction for social media.\n\nHowever, one in three respondents said that an age restriction would be difficult to enforce in Spain.\n\nFrance\n\nFrench lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15 on January 26. French President Emmanuel Macron has requested that the legislation be fast-tracked, and it will now be discussed by the Senate in the coming weeks.\n\n\u201cBanning social media for those under 15: this is what scientists recommend, and this is what the French people are overwhelmingly calling for,\u201d Macron said after the vote.\n\n\u201cBecause our children\u2019s brains are not for sale \u2014 neither to American platforms nor to Chinese networks. Because their dreams must not be dictated by algorithms.\u201d\n\nOn top of restricting social media for all children under 15, the legislation would ban smartphones in all French high schools.\n\nFrance already passed a law in 2023 restricting social media access for minors under 15, requiring parental consent before they could open an account. However, the law was never able to be applied as it clashed with the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA).\n\nUnited Kingdom\n\nUnder pressure from some bereaved families and charities, British lawmakers are taking concrete steps to ban children under 16 from accessing certain social media platforms.\n\nOn January 21, the House of Lords, the UK's upper house of parliament, voted in favour of an amendment to the government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.\n\nIf it passes the House of Commons, the amendment would require social media sites to implement \"highly effective\" age checks within 12 months, to make sure no users under age 16 can access them.\n\nSeparately, the government launched a consultation to \"seek views from parents, young people, and civil society\" on the effectiveness of a ban, according to the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology.\n\nBut it could be forced to fast-track the ban if more MPs support the amendment.\n\nDenmark\n\nIn November, the Danish government said it had secured an agreement from all political parties to ban access to some social media sites for those under the age of 15.\n\nThe move is to \u201cprotect children and young people in the digital world,\u201d from platforms that may expose them to harmful content or features, according to a November press release.\n\n\u201cChildren and young people have their sleep disrupted, lose their peace and concentration, and experience increasing pressure from digital relationships where adults are not always present,\u201d the statement read.\n\nThe measure would give parents the right to let their children access social media after they turn 13.\n\nCaroline Stage, Denmark\u2019s minister for digital affairs, told the Associated Press that lawmakers will likely take months to pass the relevant legislation for a ban.\n\nDenmark has a national electronic ID system and plans to set up an age verification app, Stage said, but did not specify how a potential ban would be enforced.\n\nThe country also earmarked 160 million kroner (\u20ac21.4 million) for 14 child online safety initiatives.\n\nFinland\n\nFinland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said in January that he supported banning social media use for children under 15.\n\nOrpo said he was open to the restriction because long screen time is one of the biggest obstacles to getting children moving more.\n\n\"I am deeply concerned about the lack of physical activity among children and young people, and the fact that it is increasing,\" local newspaper YLE News reported Orpo as saying.\n\nThe Finnish parliament has already restricted the use of cellphones during school hours in elementary and secondary schools.\n\nItaly\n\nLast May, the Italian parliament introduced a bill that could impose social media restrictions on children younger than 15.\n\nThe law, which is being studied by the Italian Senate, also includes laws to restrict \u201ckidfluencers\u201d under the age of 15 on social media platforms.\n\nThe draft law also requires that platforms verify user age using a \u201cmini portafoglio nazionale,\u201d translated as a digital identity wallet, that is tied to the upcoming EU age-verification system.\n\nItaly\u2019s education minister Giuseppe Valditara told the Italian newspaper Il Foglio that the country should follow the Australian model.\n\nSince November, Italy has also had an age-verification legislation in place for adult sites.\n\nRestrictions in Italy could potentially come from a pending class action lawsuit similar to the French one, where a group of Italian families sued TikTok and the Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram.\n\nThe lawsuit alleges that more than 3.5 million children between the ages of seven and 14 use social media platforms despite being too young. The case is due to be heard in February.\n\nOne of the lawsuit\u2019s aims is to compel technology companies to enforce stricter age verification practices to make sure that fewer children under 14 are able to get on their platforms, according to a statement from law firm Ambrosio e Commodo.\n\nGreece\n\nIn September, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the UN General Assembly that the country is considering a social media ban similar to the Australian model.\n\n\u201cWe are conducting the largest uncontrolled experiment ever on the minds of our children. We do not know what the consequences will be, but we are almost certain that they will not be positive,\u201d local media quoted Mitsotakis as saying.\n\nGreece has already banned smartphones from the classroom, which Mitsotakis said has had a transformational effect on children.\n\nThe government also launched a website last year that gives parents instructions for how to enable parental controls on iOS and Android mobile phones.\n\nGreece\u2019s Kids Wallet, a parental control tool that can restrict or block access to applications and online services, will reportedly be used as an age verifier for younger people. The app gives parents the ability to restrict or block access to applications and online services.\n\nThe device that uses the wallet may store the identity of the minor and present it to the competent authentication authority.\n\nGermany\n\nThere are no under-16 restrictions on social media in Germany - at least, not yet, according to the German Parliament.\n\nThe government said in November it had asked a committee to study whether a ban could be implemented in Germany, along with how social media impacts Germany\u2019s teens more broadly. It will present a final report on it in the autumn of 2026.\n\nGermany is studying a ban that applies to every underage child and will not let some children be exempt because they receive consent from their parents\n\nIf the German parliament goes ahead with a ban, it says it would prevent children from having social media accounts like Australia did, so children would still be able to access the sites without being logged in.\u00a0\n\nA petition calling for a legal minimum age of 16 for social media sites received over 34,000 signatures and is being examined by the government.\u00a0\n\nEuropean Union\n\nAs EU member states consider national social media bans for under-16s, the European Union is also urging stronger action across the bloc.\n\nIn November, the European Parliament proposed a non-binding resolution setting a Europe-wide minimum age of 16 in order to access social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions.\n\nMEPs suggested children aged 13 to 16 could access social platforms with parental consent.\n\nParliament proposes a harmonised EU digital minimum age of 16 for access to social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions, while allowing 13- to 16-year-olds access with parental consent.\n\nThis article was updated on 3 February 2026 with updates from Spain and Finland.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Following Australia's groundbreaking social media ban for children launched in December, European nations are debating their own restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>From proposed legislation to existing measures, here's how countries across Europe are approaching the issue.<\/p>\n<h2>Spain<\/h2>\n<p>Spain will ban social media platforms for under-16s and will require the implementation of age-verification systems, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2026//02//03//spain-to-ban-social-media-platforms-for-children-under-16-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-ann/">Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said <\/a>at the World Government Summit in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>\"Social media has become a failed state, where laws are ignored, and crimes are tolerated,\" he said on February 3. \"We will protect them from the digital Wild West.\"<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez said his government would introduce a new bill to hold social media executives accountable for illegal and hateful content.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//25//does-one-week-off-social-media-reduce-depression-and-anxiety/">Does one week off social media reduce depression and anxiety?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Euronews Next reached out to the Spanish government to clarify whether Sanchez's remarks refer to a new law or a similar one that has previously been discussed. <\/p>\n<p>A<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////yougov.com//es-es//articulos//53726-australia-prohibe-redes-sociales-a-menores-que-nos-dicen-los-padres-espanoles/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">recent poll<\/a> by YouGov found that 79 percent of Spanish parents agree with an Australian-style age restriction for social media.<\/p>\n<p>However, one in three respondents said that an age restriction would be difficult to enforce in Spain.<\/p>\n<h2>France<\/h2>\n<p>French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15 on January 26. French President Emmanuel Macron has requested that the legislation be fast-tracked, and it will now be discussed by the Senate in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanning social media for those under 15: this is what scientists recommend, and this is what the French people are overwhelmingly calling for,\u201d Macron said after the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause our children\u2019s brains are not for sale \u2014 neither to American platforms nor to Chinese networks. Because their dreams must not be dictated by algorithms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On top of restricting social media for all children under 15, the legislation would ban smartphones in all French high schools.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//11//06//is-france-going-to-link-its-digital-id-to-your-social-media-accounts/">Is France going to link its digital ID to your social media accounts?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>France already passed a law in 2023 restricting social media access for minors under 15, requiring parental consent before they could open an account. However, the law was never able to be applied as it clashed with the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). <\/p>\n<h2>United Kingdom<\/h2>\n<p>Under pressure from some bereaved families and charities, British lawmakers are taking concrete steps to ban children under 16 from accessing certain social media platforms. <\/p>\n<p>On January 21, the House of Lords, the UK's upper house of parliament, voted in favour of an amendment to the government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. <\/p>\n<p>If it passes the House of Commons, the amendment would require social media sites to implement \"highly effective\" age checks within 12 months, to make sure no users under age 16 can access them.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the government launched a consultation to \"seek views from parents, young people, and civil society\" on the effectiveness of a ban, according to the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology.<\/p>\n<p>But it could be forced to fast-track the ban if more MPs support the amendment.<\/p>\n<h2>Denmark<\/h2>\n<p>In November, the Danish government<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.digmin.dk//digitalisering//nyheder//nyhedsarkiv//2025//nov//ny-politisk-aftale/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> said<\/a> it had secured an agreement from all political parties to ban access to some social media sites for those under the age of 15.<\/p>\n<p>The move is to \u201cprotect children and young people in the digital world,\u201d from platforms that may expose them to harmful content or features, according to a November press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren and young people have their sleep disrupted, lose their peace and concentration, and experience increasing pressure from digital relationships where adults are not always present,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//07//denmark-wants-to-ban-access-to-social-media-for-children-under-15/">Denmark wants to ban access to social media for children under 15<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The measure would give parents the right to let their children access social media after they turn 13.<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Stage, Denmark\u2019s minister for digital affairs,<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////apnews.com//article//denmark-social-media-ban-children-7862d2a8cc590b4969c8931a01adc7f4/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> told<\/a> the Associated Press that lawmakers will likely take months to pass the relevant legislation for a ban.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark has a national<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.mitid.dk//en-gb///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> electronic<\/a> ID system and plans to set up an age verification app, Stage said, but did not specify how a potential ban would be enforced.<\/p>\n<p>The country also earmarked 160 million kroner (\u20ac21.4 million) for 14 child online safety initiatives.<\/p>\n<h2>Finland<\/h2>\n<p>Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said in January that he supported banning social media use for children under 15. <\/p>\n<p>Orpo said he was open to the restriction because long screen time is one of the biggest obstacles to getting children moving more. <\/p>\n<p>\"I am deeply concerned about the lack of physical activity among children and young people, and the fact that it is increasing,\" local newspaper YLE News <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////yle.fi//a//74-20207494/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">reported<\/a> Orpo as saying. <\/p>\n<p>The Finnish parliament has already <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//05//01//finland-to-restrict-the-use-of-smartphones-in-school-during-the-day/">restricted the use of cellphones during school hours in elementary and secondary schools. <\/p>\n<h2>Italy<\/h2>\n<p>Last May, the Italian parliament introduced a<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.senato.it//service//PDF//PDFServer//DF//444582.pdf?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> bill<\/a> that could impose social media restrictions on children younger than 15.<\/p>\n<p>The law, which is being studied by the Italian Senate, also includes laws to restrict \u201ckidfluencers\u201d under the age of 15 on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The draft law also requires that platforms verify user age using a \u201cmini portafoglio nazionale,\u201d translated as a digital identity wallet, that is tied to the upcoming EU age-verification system.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s education minister Giuseppe Valditara told the Italian newspaper<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ilfoglio.it//societa//2025//12//11//news//il-ministro-valditara-ci-spiega-perche-seguire-il-modello-australia-sui-social-8422780///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> Il Foglio<\/a> that the country should follow the Australian model.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Since November, Italy has also had an age-<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.epra.org//news_items//italian-agcom-approves-age-verification-regulation-for-online-platforms?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">verification<\/a> legislation in place for adult sites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//26//european-parliament-calls-for-an-interdiction-of-social-media-for-teens-under-16/">European Parliament calls for an interdiction of social media for teens under 16\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Restrictions in Italy could potentially come from a pending class action<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ambrosioecommodo.it//en//difendiamo-i-nostri-figli-dai-social-class-action-contro-facebook-instagram-tiktok//?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> lawsuit<\/a> similar to the French one, where a group of Italian families sued TikTok and the Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleges that more than 3.5 million children between the ages of seven and 14 use social media platforms despite being too young. The case is due to be heard in February.<\/p>\n<p>One of the lawsuit\u2019s aims is to compel technology companies to enforce stricter age verification practices to make sure that fewer children under 14 are able to get on their platforms, according to a<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ambrosioecommodo.it//en//difendiamo-i-nostri-figli-dai-social-class-action-contro-facebook-instagram-tiktok//?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> statement<\/a> from law firm Ambrosio e Commodo. <\/p>\n<h2>Greece<\/h2>\n<p>In September, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the UN General Assembly that the country is considering a social media ban similar to the Australian model.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are conducting the largest uncontrolled experiment ever on the minds of our children. We do not know what the consequences will be, but we are almost certain that they will not be positive,\u201d<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ekathimerini.com//in-depth//society-in-depth//1281882//pm-floats-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-at-un-event///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> local media quoted Mitsotakis<\/a> as saying. <\/p>\n<p>Greece has already<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//08//31//greece-announces-new-rules-banning-mobile-phones-in-schools-from-september/"> <strong>banned<\/strong><\/a> smartphones from the classroom, which Mitsotakis said has had a transformational effect on children. <\/p>\n<p>The government also<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////parco.gov.gr///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">launched<\/a> a website last year that gives parents instructions for how to enable parental controls on iOS and Android mobile phones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//10//29//from-doomscrolling-to-digesting-politics-how-do-young-eu-citizens-use-social-media/">From doomscrolling to digesting politics, how do young EU citizens use social media?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Greece\u2019s<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.gov.gr//en//ipiresies//polites-kai-kathemerinoteta//stoikheia-polite-kai-tautopoietika-eggrapha//KidsWallet/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> Kids Wallet<\/a>, a parental control tool that can restrict or block access to applications and online services, will<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.protothema.gr//greece//article//1702516//telos-ta-social-media-gia-paidia-ilikias-mehri-15-hronon-apo-oktovrio-tha-kleidonoun-automata-molis-prospathoun-na-boun///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> reportedly<\/a> be used as an age verifier for younger people. The app gives parents the ability to restrict or block access to applications and online services.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>The device that uses the wallet may store the identity of the minor and present it to the competent authentication authority.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Germany<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u200bThere are no under-16<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.bundestag.de//presse//hib//kurzmeldungen-1125920?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> restrictions<\/a>on social media in Germany - at least, not yet, according to the German Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The government said in November it had asked a committee to study whether a ban could be implemented in Germany, along with how social media impacts Germany\u2019s teens more broadly. It will present a final report on it in the autumn of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Germany is studying a ban that applies to every underage child and will not let some children be exempt because they receive consent from their parents<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//10//04//european-countries-want-kids-to-ditch-social-media-heres-how-experts-suggest-filling-the-v/">European countries want kids to ditch social media. Here\u2019s how experts suggest filling the void<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>If the German parliament goes ahead with a ban, it says it would prevent children from having social media accounts like Australia did, so children would still be able to access the sites without being logged in. <\/p>\n<p>A<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////epetitionen.bundestag.de//petitionen//_2025//_02//_08//Petition_177673.html/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> petition<\/a> calling for a legal minimum age of 16 for social media sites received over 34,000 signatures and is being examined by the government. <\/p>\n<h2>European Union<\/h2>\n<p>As EU member states consider national social media bans for under-16s, the European Union is also urging stronger action across the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the European Parliament proposed <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.europarl.europa.eu//news//en//press-room//20251120IPR31496//children-should-be-at-least-16-to-access-social-media-say-meps/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">a non-binding resolution<\/a> setting a Europe-wide minimum age of 16 in order to access social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions. <\/p>\n<p>MEPs suggested children aged 13 to 16 could access social platforms with parental consent.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament proposes a harmonised EU digital minimum age of 16 for access to social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions, while allowing 13- to 16-year-olds access with parental consent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This article was updated on 3 February 2026 with updates from Spain and Finland.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1766414656,"updatedAt":1770119291,"publishedAt":1766469695,"firstPublishedAt":1766469695,"lastPublishedAt":1770119290,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo, File","altText":"FILE - This combination of photos shows logos of X, formerly known as Twitter, top left; 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Now, we say it again. National borders and the sovereignty of states are rooted in international law,\" Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a joint statement.\n\n\u201cThey are fundamental principles. You cannot annex another country. Not even with an argument about international security.\u201d\n\n\u201cGreenland belongs to the Greenlanders and the US shall not take over Greenland,\u201d they added in the statement, emailed by Frederiksen's office. \"We expect respect for our joint territorial integrity.\u201d\n\nGreenland's Nielsen wrote earlier on Facebook that the semi-autonomous Danish territory had \"again woken up to a new announcement from the US president, but it does not change anything for us at home.\"\n\n\"Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, and its territorial integrity must be respected,\" Nielsen wrote, adding that while the territory welcomes cooperation with other nations, this must be done with respect for Greenlanders and their values.\n\nLandry pledges to make Greenland part of US\n\nTrump announced Sunday he was appointing Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, saying Landry \"understands how essential Greenland is to our national security.\"\n\nLandry wrote on X that \"it's an honour to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the US.\"\n\nTrump has repeatedly called for US jurisdiction over the vast, mineral-rich North Atlantic island during his presidential transition and the opening months of his second term. He has not ruled out using military force to take control of the strategically located territory.\n\nIn March, Vice President JD Vance visited a remote US military base in Greenland and accused Denmark of underinvesting in the territory.\n\nThe issue had receded from headlines before resurfacing with Sunday's announcement. In August, Danish officials summoned the US ambassador following a report that at least three people with connections to Trump had carried out covert influence operations in Greenland.\n\nDenmark and the US are NATO allies.\n\nEarlier this month, the Danish Defence Intelligence Service said in an annual report that the US is using its economic power to \"assert its will\" and threaten military force against friend and foe alike.\n\nGreenland, home to about 57,000 people, has been part of the Kingdom of Denmark for more than 600 years, but gained substantial autonomy in 1979. It controls most domestic affairs while Denmark handles defence and foreign policy.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Denmark expects all nations, including the United States, to respect its territorial sovereignty after US President Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to bring Greenland under Washington's control, Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen said in a statement that while the appointment \"confirms the continued American interest in Greenland,\" Denmark insists \"everyone \u2014 including the US \u2014 must show respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark.\"<\/p>\n<p>Danish broadcasters TV2 and DR reported that Rasmussen later said he would summon the US ambassador in Copenhagen, Kenneth Howery, for a meeting at the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe have said it before. Now, we say it again. National borders and the sovereignty of states are rooted in international law,\" Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a joint statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are fundamental principles. You cannot annex another country. Not even with an argument about international security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreenland belongs to the Greenlanders and the US shall not take over Greenland,\u201d they added in the statement, emailed by Frederiksen's office. \"We expect respect for our joint territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greenland's Nielsen wrote earlier on Facebook that the semi-autonomous Danish territory had \"again woken up to a new announcement from the US president, but it does not change anything for us at home.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, and its territorial integrity must be respected,\" Nielsen wrote, adding that while the territory welcomes cooperation with other nations, this must be done with respect for Greenlanders and their values.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Landry pledges to make Greenland part of US<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Trump announced Sunday he was appointing Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, saying Landry \"understands how essential Greenland is to our national security.\"<\/p>\n<p>Landry wrote on X that \"it's an honour to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the US.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly called for US jurisdiction over the vast, mineral-rich North Atlantic island during his presidential transition and the opening months of his second term. He has not ruled out using military force to take control of the strategically located territory.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Vice President JD Vance visited a remote US military base in Greenland and accused Denmark of underinvesting in the territory.<\/p>\n<p>The issue had receded from headlines before resurfacing with Sunday's announcement. In August, Danish officials summoned the US ambassador following a report that at least three people with connections to Trump had carried out covert influence operations in Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark and the US are NATO allies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//08//27//denmark-summons-us-envoy-over-alleged-covert-operations-in-greenland/">Denmark summons US envoy over alleged covert operations in Greenland<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//07//denmarks-prime-minister-says-greenland-still-nervous-about-trumps-takeover-threat/">Denmark's prime minister says Greenland still nervous about Trump's takeover threat<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Earlier this month, the Danish Defence Intelligence Service said in an annual report that the US is using its economic power to \"assert its will\" and threaten military force against friend and foe alike.<\/p>\n<p>Greenland, home to about 57,000 people, has been part of the Kingdom of Denmark for more than 600 years, but gained substantial autonomy in 1979. It controls most domestic affairs while Denmark handles defence and foreign policy.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1766403122,"updatedAt":1766419381,"publishedAt":1766405700,"firstPublishedAt":1766405700,"lastPublishedAt":1766409333,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"The flag of Greenland and the flag of Denmark at a government meeting in Copenhagen, 8 January 2025","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"The flag of Greenland and the flag of Denmark at a government meeting in Copenhagen, 8 January 2025","url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/08\/42\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_167ba1dd-154d-543f-9b14-85ed76ab297c-9590842.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[{"urlSafeValue":"davalou","twitter":null,"id":2808,"title":"Lucy 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RUSSIA CYBERATTACK WATER UTILITY","daletPyramidId":3661670,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Denmark blames Russia for cyberattacks on water utility and election websites","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Denmark blames Russia for cyberattacks on water utility and websites","titleListing2":"Denmark blames Russia for cyberattacks on water utility and websites","leadin":"Denmark accused Russia on Thursday of cyberattacks on water utility that burst pipes and on election websites, the first time Copenhagen publicly blamed Moscow.","summary":"Denmark accused Russia on Thursday of cyberattacks on water utility that burst pipes and on election websites, the first time Copenhagen publicly blamed Moscow.","keySentence":"","url":"denmark-blames-russia-for-cyberattacks-on-water-utility-and-election-websites","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/19\/denmark-blames-russia-for-cyberattacks-on-water-utility-and-election-websites","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Denmark accused Russia on Thursday of cyberattacks in 2024 and 2025 against a water utility company that caused pipes to burst and targeting government websites ahead of the November elections, marking the first time Copenhagen has publicly attributed such attacks to Moscow.\n\nPro-Russian hacking group Z-Pentest attacked the Tureby Alkestrup Waterworks in late 2024, altering water pressure and causing at least three pipes to burst in K\u00f8ge, 35 kilometres south of Copenhagen, Denmark's Defence Intelligence Service said.\n\nAround 50 households were without water for seven hours while 450 homes lost supply for one hour.\n\nA separate pro-Russian group, NoName057(16), carried out distributed denial-of-service attacks on Danish websites in November ahead of regional and local elections, the intelligence service said. Both groups have links to the Russian state, according to Danish authorities.\n\n\"The Russian state uses both groups as instruments of its hybrid war against the West,\" Denmark's intelligence agency said in a statement. \"The aim is to create insecurity in the targeted countries and to punish those that support Ukraine.\"\n\nCopenhagen summoned Russia's ambassador in response to the findings. Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called the attacks \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nJan Hansen, head of the Tureby Alkestrup Waterworks, said the attack succeeded because the utility had switched to cheaper cybersecurity that was less secure than its previous system.\n\n\"My advice to other companies is not to cut costs on cybersecurity and to take out cyber insurance,\" Hansen said.\n\nTorsten Schack Pedersen, Denmark's minister of resilience and preparedness, said during a news conference Thursday the attacks caused limited damage but showed that \"there are forces capable of shutting down important parts of our society.\"\n\nHacking groups backed by Russian state\n\nZ-Pentest was founded, financed and directed by Russia's military intelligence agency GRU, according to the US Justice Department.\n\nThe group formed in September 2024 after administrators of another pro-Russian group, CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn, became dissatisfied with GRU support.\n\nZ-Pentest has claimed responsibility for hundreds of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure worldwide, including attacks on US drinking water systems that damaged controls and spilt hundreds of thousands of litres of water.\n\nThe group also attacked a Los Angeles meat processing facility in November 2024, spoiling thousands of pounds of meat and triggering an ammonia leak.\n\nNoName057(16) has been active since March 2022, conducting frequent denial-of-service attacks against government and private sector entities in NATO countries and other European nations.\n\nThe group operates through Telegram channels and developed proprietary software called DDoSia that recruits volunteers worldwide to participate in attacks. It also pays top volunteers in cryptocurrency and publishes daily leaderboards on Telegram.\n\nPart of broader Russian campaign\n\nThe Danish attacks are among a growing number of incidents Western officials describe as part of a Russian campaign of sabotage and disruption across Europe. An Associated Press database has documented 147 such incidents.\n\nNorwegian authorities blamed pro-Russian hackers for an April attack on the Bremanger dam that opened a floodgate and released 500 litres of water per second for four hours.\n\nThe dam is primarily used for fish farming. Norwegian counter-intelligence chief Beate Gang\u00e5s said the attack aimed to create fear and demonstrate hacking capabilities rather than cause destruction.\n\nGermany summoned Russia's ambassador last Friday after accusing Moscow of sabotage and election interference, including a 2024 cyberattack on German air traffic control, according to German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Giese.\n\nWestern officials say that since Russia's February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has used cyberattacks, sabotage and influence operations to undermine support for Kyiv while identifying vulnerabilities in European infrastructure.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Denmark accused Russia on Thursday of cyberattacks in 2024 and 2025 against a water utility company that caused pipes to burst and targeting government websites ahead of the November elections, marking the first time Copenhagen has publicly attributed such attacks to Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Russian hacking group Z-Pentest attacked the Tureby Alkestrup Waterworks in late 2024, altering water pressure and causing at least three pipes to burst in K\u00f8ge, 35 kilometres south of Copenhagen, Denmark's Defence Intelligence Service said. <\/p>\n<p>Around 50 households were without water for seven hours while 450 homes lost supply for one hour.<\/p>\n<p>A separate pro-Russian group, NoName057(16), carried out distributed denial-of-service attacks on Danish websites in November ahead of regional and local elections, the intelligence service said. Both groups have links to the Russian state, according to Danish authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Russian state uses both groups as instruments of its hybrid war against the West,\" Denmark's intelligence agency said in a statement. \"The aim is to create insecurity in the targeted countries and to punish those that support Ukraine.\"<\/p>\n<p>Copenhagen summoned Russia's ambassador in response to the findings. Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called the attacks \"completely unacceptable\".<\/p>\n<p>Jan Hansen, head of the Tureby Alkestrup Waterworks, said the attack succeeded because the utility had switched to cheaper cybersecurity that was less secure than its previous system.<\/p>\n<p>\"My advice to other companies is not to cut costs on cybersecurity and to take out cyber insurance,\" Hansen said.<\/p>\n<p>Torsten Schack Pedersen, Denmark's minister of resilience and preparedness, said during a news conference Thursday the attacks caused limited damage but showed that \"there are forces capable of shutting down important parts of our society.\"<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hacking groups backed by Russian state<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Z-Pentest was founded, financed and directed by Russia's military intelligence agency GRU, according to the US Justice Department. <\/p>\n<p>The group formed in September 2024 after administrators of another pro-Russian group, CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn, became dissatisfied with GRU support.<\/p>\n<p>Z-Pentest has claimed responsibility for hundreds of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure worldwide, including attacks on US drinking water systems that damaged controls and spilt hundreds of thousands of litres of water. <\/p>\n<p>The group also attacked a Los Angeles meat processing facility in November 2024, spoiling thousands of pounds of meat and triggering an ammonia leak.<\/p>\n<p>NoName057(16) has been active since March 2022, conducting frequent denial-of-service attacks against government and private sector entities in NATO countries and other European nations. <\/p>\n<p>The group operates through Telegram channels and developed proprietary software called DDoSia that recruits volunteers worldwide to participate in attacks. It also pays top volunteers in cryptocurrency and publishes daily leaderboards on Telegram.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Part of broader Russian campaign<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Danish attacks are among a growing number of incidents Western officials describe as part of a Russian campaign of sabotage and disruption across Europe. An Associated Press database has documented 147 such incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian authorities blamed pro-Russian hackers for an April attack on the Bremanger dam that opened a floodgate and released 500 litres of water per second for four hours. <\/p>\n<p>The dam is primarily used for fish farming. Norwegian counter-intelligence chief Beate Gang\u00e5s said the attack aimed to create fear and demonstrate hacking capabilities rather than cause destruction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//12//17//french-interior-ministry-targeted-in-massive-cyberattack-minister-confirms/">French interior ministry targeted in massive cyberattack, minister confirms<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//12//12//germany-summons-russian-ambassador-over-alleged-election-interference-and-cyberattacks/">Germany summons Russian ambassador over alleged election interference and cyberattacks<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Germany summoned Russia's ambassador last Friday after accusing Moscow of sabotage and election interference, including a 2024 cyberattack on German air traffic control, according to German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Giese.<\/p>\n<p>Western officials say that since Russia's February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has used cyberattacks, sabotage and influence operations to undermine support for Kyiv while identifying vulnerabilities in European infrastructure.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1766162003,"updatedAt":1766162942,"publishedAt":1766162909,"firstPublishedAt":1766162909,"lastPublishedAt":1766162909,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/91\/25\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9179d9a1-c2c6-5a71-bd6b-a752fa043667-9589125.jpg","altText":"The police present in large numbers near City Hall Square in Copenhagen, 16 December 2025","caption":"The police present in large numbers near City Hall Square in Copenhagen, 16 December 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":70,"slug":"denmark","urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","titleRaw":"Denmark"},{"id":239,"slug":"russia","urlSafeValue":"russia","title":"Russia","titleRaw":"Russia"},{"id":26698,"slug":"russia-ukraine-invasion","urlSafeValue":"russia-ukraine-invasion","title":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine","titleRaw":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine"},{"id":19440,"slug":"sabotage","urlSafeValue":"sabotage","title":"sabotage","titleRaw":"sabotage"},{"id":10775,"slug":"cyber-attack","urlSafeValue":"cyber-attack","title":"Cyber attack","titleRaw":"Cyber attack"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":70,"urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","url":"\/news\/europe\/denmark"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/12\/19\/denmark-blames-russia-for-cyberattacks-on-water-utility-and-election-websites","lastModified":1766162909},{"id":2855110,"cid":9585224,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":1,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"TM - S01E12 - MARIE BJERRE EN ONLY - MASTER","daletPyramidId":3624600,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Danish presidency has bolstered Europe's defence and competitiveness, minister says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Danish minister hails progress made as EU presidency nears end","titleListing2":"Denmark's European Affairs Minister tells Euronews that, under her country's presidency, the EU made significant gains on priority points, from simplification to migration.","leadin":"As Denmark prepares to hand over the EU Presidency torch to Cyprus, its European Affairs Minister tells Euronews that her country made significant gains on priority points, from simplification to migration.","summary":"As Denmark prepares to hand over the EU Presidency torch to Cyprus, its European Affairs Minister tells Euronews that her country made significant gains on priority points, from simplification to migration.","keySentence":"","url":"danish-presidency-has-bolstered-europes-defence-and-competitiveness-minister-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/18\/danish-presidency-has-bolstered-europes-defence-and-competitiveness-minister-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The European Union, under the helm of the Danish Presidency, made notable progress on policies considered priorities for Copenhagen, the country's European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre said on Euronews' flagship interview programme 12 Minutes With.\n\nThe Danish government has held the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU since 1 July 2025, allowing it to set the agenda in Brussels. One of its priorities was tackling \"bureaucracy\" and \"over-regulation\" in a bid to restore the EU's competitive edge, faced with China and the US.\n\n\"We said from the beginning that we wanted a stronger Europe in terms of security and defence, and also competitiveness, which was the second theme. And we really managed also to deliver a result here,\" Bjerre told Euronews.\n\nIn 2025, the Commission proposed ten so-called simplification packages, or Omnibus proposals, stripping back EU regulation in a range of areas, from agriculture to defence and digitalisation.\n\n\"During our presidency, we have been able to agree on three of the Omnibus packages with the European Parliament,\" Bjerre said, adding that she was \"especially satisfied\" that the EU Parliament approved the Omnibus I package earlier this month, agreeing to slash sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements.\n\n\"This will ease the burdens on our companies, and it is a good first step for moving on and making it easier to do business in Europe, something we really need if we want to have better competitiveness in Europe,\" Bjerre said.\n\nDeregulation needed for growth\n\nBjerre challenged claims made by climate advocates that some simplification packages weaken key sustainability laws under the European Green Deal.\n\n\"On the contrary, if we don't strengthen our competitiveness, we will not be able to solve the climate challenges we are faced with,\" she said, adding that for this purpose, the EU needs a strong economy with new green technologies.\n\n\"They cannot thrive if we don't have a good economic environment where it is easy for businesses to scale and to grow, to find investment. So I really see those things going hand in hand.\"\n\nBjerre also welcomed the EU's Digital Omnibus Package, aiming to make digital businesses competitive. Critics say this rolling back of Europe's goal of becoming a trailblazer on tech legislation is a result of US President Donald Trump's threats to impose tariffs against countries that he accuses of attacking US tech companies.\n\n\"I think it is quite a strange argument to me,\" Bjerre said. \"Europe needed better competitiveness, whether we had Trump or not.\" She said this was evidenced by last year's report, penned by former president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, which highlighted overregulation as a major hurdle for digital growth.\n\nDanish model\n\nThe Danish Presidency also led the negotiations on important developments when it comes to migration policy, notably reaching a deal on the \"safe third country\" concept to allow external processing in \"return hubs\" and advance returns.\n\n\"This has also been part of our presidency priorities, and it is a part of making Europe more secure,\" Bjerre said. \"We need to have better control of migrants coming to Europe, and we need to be better at sending irregular migrants back.\"\n\nDenmark's once heavily criticised \"hardline\" immigration policies \u2014 known as the Danish model \u2014 are now being embraced and influencing broader EU policy. However, according to Bjerre, this is not being done to a sufficient extent.\n\n\"I can see that more and more countries agree with our approach in Denmark about this, and it's very good that we made these agreements, but we still have a lot of problems. We still have conventions saying that we have to give criminal immigrants better protection than our own citizens,\" she said, referring to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).\n\nSeveral EU countries, including Denmark, are pushing to reinterpret this convention to make it easier to deport criminals and irregular migrants. \"It is also about trust and trust in our democracy. If the convention and judges are making our laws instead of elected politicians, we will lose trust in our democracy, so this is something we have to take seriously,\" Bjerre added.\n\nWhen asked what Cyprus, which will hold the EU Presidency from 1 January 2026, should focus on, Bjerre stated the key European issues should be top of the agenda: security and defence and competitiveness. \"I really hope that the Cyprus Presidency will do its best on this. I'm sure it will.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The European Union, under the helm of the Danish Presidency, made notable progress on policies considered priorities for Copenhagen, the country's European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre said on Euronews' flagship interview programme <strong>12 Minutes With<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish government has held the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU since 1 July 2025, allowing it to set the agenda in Brussels. One of its priorities was tackling \"bureaucracy\" and \"over-regulation\" in a bid to restore the EU's competitive edge, faced with China and the US. <\/p>\n<p>\"We said from the beginning that we wanted a stronger Europe in terms of security and defence, and also competitiveness, which was the second theme. And we really managed also to deliver a result here,\" Bjerre told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the Commission proposed ten so-called simplification packages, or Omnibus proposals, stripping back EU regulation in a range of areas, from agriculture to defence and digitalisation.<\/p>\n<p>\"During our presidency, we have been able to agree on three of the Omnibus packages with the European Parliament,\" Bjerre said, adding that she was \"especially satisfied\" that the EU Parliament approved the Omnibus I package earlier this month, agreeing to slash sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\"This will ease the burdens on our companies, and it is a good first step for moving on and making it easier to do business in Europe, something we really need if we want to have better competitiveness in Europe,\" Bjerre said. <\/p>\n<h2>Deregulation needed for growth<\/h2>\n<p>Bjerre challenged claims made by climate advocates that some simplification packages weaken key sustainability laws under the European Green Deal. <\/p>\n<p>\"On the contrary, if we don't strengthen our competitiveness, we will not be able to solve the climate challenges we are faced with,\" she said, adding that for this purpose, the EU needs a strong economy with new green technologies. <\/p>\n<p>\"They cannot thrive if we don't have a good economic environment where it is easy for businesses to scale and to grow, to find investment. So I really see those things going hand in hand.\"<\/p>\n<p>Bjerre also welcomed the EU's Digital Omnibus Package, aiming to make digital businesses competitive. Critics say this rolling back of Europe's goal of becoming a trailblazer on tech legislation is a result of US President Donald Trump's threats to impose tariffs against countries that he accuses of attacking US tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think it is quite a strange argument to me,\" Bjerre said. \"Europe needed better competitiveness, whether we had Trump or not.\" She said this was evidenced by last year's report, penned by former president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, which highlighted overregulation as a major hurdle for digital growth.<\/p>\n<h2>Danish model<\/h2>\n<p>The Danish Presidency also led the negotiations on important developments when it comes to migration policy, notably <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//12//11//from-return-hubs-to-sanctions-for-smugglers-eu-strikes-harder-line-on-illegal-migration/">reaching a deal<\/a> on the \"safe third country\" concept to allow external processing in \"return hubs\" and advance returns. <\/p>\n<p>\"This has also been part of our presidency priorities, and it is a part of making Europe more secure,\" Bjerre said. \"We need to have better control of migrants coming to Europe, and we need to be better at sending irregular migrants back.\"<\/p>\n<p>Denmark's once heavily criticised \"hardline\" immigration policies \u2014 known as the Danish model \u2014 are now being embraced and influencing broader EU policy. However, according to Bjerre, this is not being done to a sufficient extent.<\/p>\n<p>\"I can see that more and more countries agree with our approach in Denmark about this, and it's very good that we made these agreements, but we still have a lot of problems. We still have conventions saying that we have to give criminal immigrants better protection than our own citizens,\" she said, referring to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). <\/p>\n<p>Several EU countries, including Denmark, are pushing to reinterpret this convention to make it easier to deport criminals and irregular migrants. \"It is also about trust and trust in our democracy. If the convention and judges are making our laws instead of elected politicians, we will lose trust in our democracy, so this is something we have to take seriously,\" Bjerre added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what Cyprus, which will hold the EU Presidency from 1 January 2026, should focus on, Bjerre stated the key European issues should be top of the agenda: security and defence and competitiveness. \"I really hope that the Cyprus Presidency will do its best on this. I'm sure it will.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765903516,"updatedAt":1766073669,"publishedAt":1766063815,"firstPublishedAt":1766063815,"lastPublishedAt":1766063815,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/52\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5b31aa9d-7cce-5cf8-adbe-0880006052f3-9585224.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3404,"urlSafeValue":"walker-l","title":"Lauren Walker","twitter":null},{"id":2766,"urlSafeValue":"jones-m","title":"Mared Gwyn Jones","twitter":"@MaredGwyn"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":70,"slug":"denmark","urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","titleRaw":"Denmark"},{"id":105,"slug":"european-union","urlSafeValue":"european-union","title":"European Union","titleRaw":"European Union"},{"id":96,"slug":"eu-presidency","urlSafeValue":"eu-presidency","title":"EU Presidency","titleRaw":"EU Presidency"},{"id":147,"slug":"immigration","urlSafeValue":"immigration","title":"Immigration","titleRaw":"Immigration"},{"id":11057,"slug":"financial-regulation","urlSafeValue":"financial-regulation","title":"Financial regulation","titleRaw":"Financial regulation"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2852913},{"id":2849106},{"id":2849108}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"NcX_HznO5rM","dailymotionId":"x9vz3ke"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":720000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":95855177,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/32\/04\/81\/05\/ED_PYR_3204815_20251218160110.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":720000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":150592461,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/32\/04\/81\/05\/SHD_PYR_3204815_20251218160110.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"},{"duration":720000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":549312400,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/32\/04\/81\/05\/FHD_PYR_3204815_20251218160110.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"1080p"}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"12-minutes-with","urlSafeValue":"12-minutes-with","title":"12 minutes with","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/my-europe-series\/12-minutes-with"},"season":"12 MINUTES WITH_S01","episode":"S01E12 - MARIE BJERRE EN ONLY","episodeId":"1271","vertical":"my-europe","verticals":[{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"},"themes":[{"id":"my-europe-series","urlSafeValue":"my-europe-series","title":"My Europe Series","url":"\/my-europe\/my-europe-series"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":60,"urlSafeValue":"my-europe-series","title":"Europe Series"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":70,"urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","url":"\/news\/europe\/denmark"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/my-europe\/2025\/12\/18\/danish-presidency-has-bolstered-europes-defence-and-competitiveness-minister-says","lastModified":1766063815},{"id":2855348,"cid":9586213,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"NEWS 12MW MARIE BJERRE","daletPyramidId":3634935,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"EU membership alone insufficient for Ukraine's security, Danish minister tells Euronews","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Danish minister: Joining EU alone insufficient for Ukraine's security","titleListing2":"When talking about security guarantees, EU membership alone is not enough to ensure Ukraine's security, the Danish European Affairs Minister told Euronews.","leadin":"Under a reported US peace plan, Ukraine would join the EU as early as January 2027 as part of broader security guarantees. But Denmark's Minister for European Affairs told Euronews that this alone cannot shield Ukraine from future Russian aggression.","summary":"Under a reported US peace plan, Ukraine would join the EU as early as January 2027 as part of broader security guarantees. But Denmark's Minister for European Affairs told Euronews that this alone cannot shield Ukraine from future Russian aggression.","keySentence":"","url":"eu-membership-alone-insufficient-for-ukraines-security-danish-minister-tells-euronews","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/12\/17\/eu-membership-alone-insufficient-for-ukraines-security-danish-minister-tells-euronews","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"European Union membership alone is insufficient to guarantee Ukraine's future security as part of a peace settlement, although it's \"undoubtedly\" a key part of the answer, Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre has told Euronews' flagship interview programme, 12 Minutes With.\n\nUkraine would be slated to join the European Union as early as January 2027 as part of security guarantees reportedly put forward in peace negotiations mediated by the United States. However, the deadline has been met with scepticism by the EU, which repeatedly emphasises that accession is a \"merit-based\" process.\n\n\"I think it is fair that EU accession is a part of the talks when we're talking about peace with Ukraine, because the EU membership is undoubtedly a part of the long-term security and stability for Ukraine, having a more stable country,\" Bjerre told Euronews.\n\n\"But when we talk about security guarantees, the EU membership is not enough,\" she added.\n\nThe timeline proposed by the US in its plan for Ukraine has also been dismissed as unrealistic, as the EU accession process is complicated with Ukraine required to implement a raft of reforms, including to further clamp down on corruption and bolster the rule of law.\n\nMembers can only join when they meet the strict standards set by the bloc.\n\n\"I hear all of those rumours [about a timeline for Ukraine], and to be frank, we hear a lot of things from over the sea,\" Bjerre said, referencing the US.\n\n\"We have never put a timeline on either Ukraine or Moldova or on the countries in the Western Balkans, because it is a merit-based approach, and we stand with that.\"\n\nIn other words, the EU will not bow to the pressure imposed by the US. \"Of course, we would like to see them joining the EU sooner rather than later, but they have to deliver, and they have to reform. We're not going to lower the bar. We will help them reach the bar,\" she said.\n\nSide-stepping Hungarian veto\n\nThe Danish government has held the Presidency of the Council of the EU since 1 July 2025, setting the agenda in Brussels. At the start of the presidency, Bjerre said clearly that advancing Ukraine's application to join the EU would be a key focus. Nearing the end of this period, she said she was satisfied with the progress made.\n\n\"Advancing the EU enlargement process with Ukraine has been and is one of our top priorities, because we live in uncertain times. We need a stronger Europe, a Europe that is more secure, that can defend itself,\" she said. \"We don't want any of the candidate countries to turn their gaze to Russia.\"\n\nHowever, aside from being merit-based, entry to the EU also requires a unanimous vote from all 27 members. Here lies the crux of the matter, as Hungary has consistently voiced opposition to Ukraine joining.\n\nFor this purpose, the EU and Ukraine earlier this month drew up a to-do list that will allow Ukraine to informally proceed with the reforms it\u2019s expected to implement, ensuring technical negotiations continue despite Budapest's entrenched opposition.\n\n\"I am extremely satisfied and proud that we actually managed to find a new approach where the enlargement procedure is not at a standstill, but is in fact very much alive, that we are moving with Ukraine and also Moldova, because we are now taking this new approach,\" Bjerre said.\n\n\"That approach will be continued during the next presidency,\" she said, referring to the Cypriot Presidency, which starts on 1 January 2026.\n\n\"So even though Hungary is blocking, we have moved on the enlargement agenda because we knew before we took over the presidency that it would be a problem with Hungary. They were also blocking during the Polish presidency. They are still blocking.\"\n\nAsked whether this risks further entrenching Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n's opposition, Bjerre noted that Ukraine's ability to deliver increases pressure on Hungary.\n\n\"We need all countries on board. But I think that when Ukraine is making the reforms, is getting closer to the EU day by day, they can't keep blocking,\" she said.\n\n\"Ukraine in the EU will be a huge benefit, not just for Ukraine, but also for the EU. For instance, when it comes to our defence and security, having an integrated defence with Ukraine would really boost our security. So I think as long as Ukraine is moving that way, we are also able to increase the pressure on Hungary,\" she concluded.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>European Union membership alone is insufficient to guarantee Ukraine's future security as part of a peace settlement, although it's \"undoubtedly\" a key part of the answer, Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre has told Euronews' flagship interview programme, <strong>12 Minutes With.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine would be slated to join the European Union as early as January 2027 as part of security guarantees reportedly put forward in peace negotiations mediated by the United States. However, the deadline has been met with scepticism by the EU, which repeatedly emphasises that accession is a \"merit-based\" process.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think it is fair that EU accession is a part of the talks when we're talking about peace with Ukraine, because the EU membership is undoubtedly a part of the long-term security and stability for Ukraine, having a more stable country,\" Bjerre told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\"But when we talk about security guarantees, the EU membership is not enough,\" she added.<\/p>\n<p>The timeline proposed by the US in its plan for Ukraine has also been dismissed as unrealistic, as the EU accession process is complicated with Ukraine required to implement a raft of reforms, including to further clamp down on corruption and bolster the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>Members can only join when they meet the strict standards set by the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>\"I hear all of those rumours [about a timeline for Ukraine], and to be frank, we hear a lot of things from over the sea,\" Bjerre said, referencing the US.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have never put a timeline on either Ukraine or Moldova or on the countries in the Western Balkans, because it is a merit-based approach, and we stand with that.\"<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the EU will not bow to the pressure imposed by the US. \"Of course, we would like to see them joining the EU sooner rather than later, but they have to deliver, and they have to reform. We're not going to lower the bar. We will help them reach the bar,\" she said.<\/p>\n<h2>Side-stepping Hungarian veto<\/h2>\n<p>The Danish government has held the Presidency of the Council of the EU since 1 July 2025, setting the agenda in Brussels. At the start of the presidency, Bjerre said clearly that advancing Ukraine's application to join the EU would be a key focus. Nearing the end of this period, she said she was satisfied with the progress made.<\/p>\n<p>\"Advancing the EU enlargement process with Ukraine has been and is one of our top priorities, because we live in uncertain times. We need a stronger Europe, a Europe that is more secure, that can defend itself,\" she said. \"We don't want any of the candidate countries to turn their gaze to Russia.\"<\/p>\n<p>However, aside from being merit-based, entry to the EU also requires a unanimous vote from all 27 members. Here lies the crux of the matter, as Hungary has consistently voiced opposition to Ukraine joining. <\/p>\n<p>For this purpose, the EU and Ukraine earlier this month drew up a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//12//11//eu-and-ukraine-agree-10-point-plan-to-speed-up-kyivs-accession-bid-despite-hungarys-veto/">to-do list that will allow Ukraine to informally proceed<\/strong><\/a> with the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//11//04//vetoes-reforms-heres-what-to-remember-from-leaders-at-euronews-enlargement-summit/">reforms it\u2019s expected to implement, ensuring technical negotiations continue despite Budapest's entrenched opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\"I am extremely satisfied and proud that we actually managed to find a new approach where the enlargement procedure is not at a standstill, but is in fact very much alive, that we are moving with Ukraine and also Moldova, because we are now taking this new approach,\" Bjerre said.<\/p>\n<p>\"That approach will be continued during the next presidency,\" she said, referring to the Cypriot Presidency, which starts on 1 January 2026. <\/p>\n<p>\"So even though Hungary is blocking, we have moved on the enlargement agenda because we knew before we took over the presidency that it would be a problem with Hungary. They were also blocking during the Polish presidency. They are still blocking.\"<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether this risks further entrenching Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n's opposition, Bjerre noted that Ukraine's ability to deliver increases pressure on Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>\"We need all countries on board. But I think that when Ukraine is making the reforms, is getting closer to the EU day by day, they can't keep blocking,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Ukraine in the EU will be a huge benefit, not just for Ukraine, but also for the EU. For instance, when it comes to our defence and security, having an integrated defence with Ukraine would really boost our security. So I think as long as Ukraine is moving that way, we are also able to increase the pressure on Hungary,\" she concluded.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765973908,"updatedAt":1765990043,"publishedAt":1765987046,"firstPublishedAt":1765987046,"lastPublishedAt":1765987046,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/62\/13\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_97749c93-51c6-585b-b8c1-4ab19a86e60b-9586213.jpg","altText":"From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive for an EU Summit.","caption":"From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive for an EU Summit.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Omar Havana\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3404,"urlSafeValue":"walker-l","title":"Lauren Walker","twitter":null},{"id":2766,"urlSafeValue":"jones-m","title":"Mared Gwyn Jones","twitter":"@MaredGwyn"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":70,"slug":"denmark","urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","titleRaw":"Denmark"},{"id":96,"slug":"eu-presidency","urlSafeValue":"eu-presidency","title":"EU Presidency","titleRaw":"EU Presidency"},{"id":105,"slug":"european-union","urlSafeValue":"european-union","title":"European Union","titleRaw":"European Union"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2854839},{"id":2855393},{"id":2855421}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news\/europe-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"my-europe","verticals":[{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"},"themes":[{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/my-europe\/europe-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":56,"urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":70,"urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","url":"\/news\/europe\/denmark"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/my-europe\/2025\/12\/17\/eu-membership-alone-insufficient-for-ukraines-security-danish-minister-tells-euronews","lastModified":1765987046},{"id":2853536,"cid":9578696,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"HEALTH WIRE DENMARK CONTRACEPTION","daletPyramidId":3563483,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Denmark to pay \u20ac40,000 each to Greenlandic women and girls who were forcibly given contraception","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Denmark agrees on payout for Inuit women forcibly given contraception","titleListing2":"Denmark to pay \u20ac40,000 each to Greenlandic women and girls who were forcibly given contraception","leadin":"An estimated 4,500 women could be entitled to compensation.","summary":"An estimated 4,500 women could be entitled to compensation.","keySentence":"","url":"denmark-to-pay-40000-each-to-greenlandic-women-and-girls-who-were-forcibly-given-contracep","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/12\/10\/denmark-to-pay-40000-each-to-greenlandic-women-and-girls-who-were-forcibly-given-contracep","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Denmark has reached a deal to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over cases of forcible contraception carried out by health authorities over decades starting in the 1960s.\n\nThe Danish health ministry said on Wednesday that women who were given contraception against their knowledge or consent between 1960 and 1991 can apply for individual payouts of 300,000 Danish kroner (about \u20ac40,200) starting next April.\n\nAn estimated 4,500 women could be entitled to compensation in Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.\n\nThe Inuits, many of them teenagers at the time, were fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices, known as IUDs or coils, or given a hormonal birth control injection \u2013 either without learning details or giving their consent.\n\n\u201cThe IUD case is a dark chapter in our shared history. It has had major consequences for the Greenlandic women who have experienced both physical and psychological harm,\" Health Minister Sophie Lohde said in a statement.\n\n\u201cUnfortunately, we cannot remove the pain from the women, but compensation helps to acknowledge and apologise for the experiences they have gone through,\u201d she added.\n\nThe women can seek compensation through June 2028.\n\nAn independent investigation published in September found that more than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, had reported they were forcibly given contraception by health authorities.\n\nIn all, more than 4,000 women and girls are believed to have been affected.\n\nIn August, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued a public apology for the events, saying that while the past cannot be changed, \u201cwe can take responsibility\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Denmark has reached a deal to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over cases of forcible contraception carried out by health authorities over decades starting in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish health ministry said on Wednesday that women who were given contraception against their knowledge or consent between 1960 and 1991 can apply for individual payouts of 300,000 Danish kroner (about \u20ac40,200) starting next April.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 4,500 women could be entitled to compensation in Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>The Inuits, many of them teenagers at the time, were fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices, known as IUDs or coils, or given a hormonal birth control injection \u2013 either without learning details or giving their consent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IUD case is a dark chapter in our shared history. It has had major consequences for the Greenlandic women who have experienced both physical and psychological harm,\" Health Minister Sophie Lohde said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//08//27//denmark-apologises-for-painful-legacy-of-forced-birth-control-in-greenland/">Denmark apologises for painful legacy of forced birth control in Greenland<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we cannot remove the pain from the women, but compensation helps to acknowledge and apologise for the experiences they have gone through,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The women can seek compensation through June 2028.<\/p>\n<p>An independent investigation <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//09//23//denmark-to-offer-payouts-to-greenlandic-women-subject-to-forced-contraception/">published in September<\/strong> <\/a>found that more than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, had reported they were forcibly given contraception by health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>In all, more than 4,000 women and girls are believed to have been affected.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//08//27//denmark-apologises-for-painful-legacy-of-forced-birth-control-in-greenland/">public apology<\/strong><\/a>for the events, saying that while the past cannot be changed, \u201cwe can take 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","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Are sperm banks in Denmark rejecting donors based on their IQ? ","titleListing2":"Are sperm banks in Denmark rejecting donors based on their IQ? ","leadin":"An online claim that Denmark requires sperm donors to have an IQ of 85 is false, although one sperm bank in the country, Donor Network, does use an IQ threshold.","summary":"An online claim that Denmark requires sperm donors to have an IQ of 85 is false, although one sperm bank in the country, Donor Network, does use an IQ threshold.","keySentence":"","url":"are-sperm-banks-in-denmark-rejecting-donors-based-on-their-iq","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/12\/04\/are-sperm-banks-in-denmark-rejecting-donors-based-on-their-iq","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A post on X claiming that Denmark has introduced an IQ threshold of at least 85 for sperm donors has sparked confusion, debate and memes, but ultimately is misleading.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nIn reality, Denmark has no legal IQ requirement for sperm donors, although donors must go through a risk assessment interview and medical history review to check for any genetic risk factors.\u00a0\n\nThe country, which is well known for its liberal sperm donation laws, has at least a dozen sperm-bank operations active, despite no definitive public registry.\u00a0\n\nThe two largest that are internationally recognised are the European Sperm Bank and Cryos International, the latter described as the \"world's largest sperm and egg bank\".\n\nCryos International says its donors must be between 18 and 45 years old, be physically and mentally healthy, undertake legal and medical screening and live in Denmark whilst donating. A single donor can donate to up to 12 families under wider Danish regulations.\u00a0\n\nOnly in 2011 did Cyros introduce another requirement for donors: red-haired donors were turned away because, the company's founder said, the bank already had plentiful supplies.\u00a0\n\nThe European Sperm Bank has the same age requirements, and says its donors are required to go through a \"thorough screening process\" that checks for serious hereditary diseases and sexually transmitted infections.\u00a0\n\nWhilst it's untrue that all Danish sperm banks and the country of Denmark have IQ requirements, one does: Donor Network, a sperm bank headquartered in the city of Aarhus.\u00a0\n\nThe Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, reached out to Donor Network, whose CEO confirmed that the sperm bank has an IQ threshold of 85 and rejects those with a criminal record from donating.\u00a0\n\n\"As far as we know, we are the only bank in the world with these requirements,\" CEO of Donor Network, Jakub Knudsen, told The Cube.\u00a0\n\nConfusion and memes stem from an article written in November by the Danish broadcaster DR, which highlights Donor Network.\u00a0\n\nIn late November, a post containing a rewritten clip from the article was shared widely online, sparking speculation that Donor Network's requirements expanded to the whole of Denmark.\u00a0\n\nControversy abounds\n\nWhilst social media is awash with memes around Donor Network's requirements, the topic raises some ethical considerations.\u00a0\n\nAccording to DR, medical ethicists say screening donors for certain hereditary conditions reduces the likelihood of certain negative outcomes, such as between 2007 and 2018, when a Danish sperm donor with a pathogenic gene mutation that increased the risk of cancer conceived 52 children.\u00a0\n\nHowever, according to Daniela Cutas, associate professor of medical ethics at Lund University, screening potential donors for their IQ and criminal record is trickier, because it assumes a higher IQ and a lack of criminal record can be genetically determined.\u00a0\n\nBroad consensus says that while traits such as a parent's IQ can influence a child's intelligence, environmental factors play a major role in shaping a child's cognitive development.\u00a0\n\nHowever, according to Knudsen, scientific literature shows that \"IQ is a strong predictor of, not just academic success and income, but also mortality, risk of ADHD, etc. and has a high heritability of 50-80%.\"\n\n\"We wouldn't feel comfortable selling these individuals as donors, as we wouldn't recommend them to our own patients,\" he said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////x.com//TicTocTick//status//1995324386363220179/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>post on X<\/strong><\/a> claiming that Denmark has introduced an IQ threshold of at least 85 for sperm donors has sparked confusion, debate and memes, but ultimately is misleading. <\/p>\n<p>In reality, Denmark has no legal IQ requirement for sperm donors, although donors must go through a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.skejbycryobank.dk//files//AAGAARD Klinik//ENG_Behandling med donorsæd.pdf/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>risk assessment interview and medical history review<\/strong> <\/a>to check for any genetic risk factors. <\/p>\n<p>The country, which is well known for its liberal sperm donation laws, has at least a dozen sperm-bank operations active, despite no definitive public registry. <\/p>\n<p>The two largest that are internationally recognised are the European Sperm Bank and Cryos International, the latter described as the \"world's largest sperm and egg bank\".<\/p>\n<p>Cryos International <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cryosinternational.com//en-gb//dk-donor//donate-sperm//how-to//sperm-donor-requirements///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>says its donors must be between 18 and 45 years old<\/strong><\/a>, be physically and mentally healthy, undertake legal and medical screening and live in Denmark whilst donating. A single donor can donate to up to 12 families under wider Danish regulations. <\/p>\n<p>Only in 2011 did Cyros introduce another requirement for donors: red-haired donors were turned away because,<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.theguardian.com//society//2012//nov//02//worlds-biggest-sperm-bank-denmark?\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>the company's founder said<\/strong>,<\/a> the bank already had plentiful supplies. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//04//02//across-europe-a-lot-of-women-turn-to-danish-sperm-to-get-pregnant-heres-why/">Across Europe, a lot of women turn to Danish sperm to get pregnant. Here's why<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The European Sperm Bank has the same age requirements, and says its donors are required to go through a<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.europeanspermbank.com//donor-en-de//about-european-sperm-bank?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <\/a><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.europeanspermbank.com//donor-en-de//about-european-sperm-bank/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>\"thorough screening process\" that checks<\/strong><\/a> for serious hereditary diseases and sexually transmitted infections. <\/p>\n<p>Whilst it's untrue that all Danish sperm banks and the country of Denmark have IQ requirements, one does: Donor Network, a sperm bank headquartered in the city of Aarhus. <\/p>\n<p>The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, reached out to Donor Network, whose CEO confirmed that the sperm bank has an IQ threshold of 85 and rejects those with a criminal record from donating. <\/p>\n<p>\"As far as we know, we are the only bank in the world with these requirements,\" CEO of Donor Network, Jakub Knudsen, told The Cube. <\/p>\n<p>Confusion and memes stem from an article written in November by the Danish broadcaster DR, which highlights Donor Network. <\/p>\n<p>In late November, a post containing a rewritten clip from the article was<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////x.com//visegrad24//status//1995256894173143465/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>shared widely<\/strong><\/a> online, sparking speculation that Donor Network's requirements expanded to the whole of Denmark. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Controversy abounds<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Whilst social media is awash with memes around Donor Network's requirements, the topic raises some ethical considerations. <\/p>\n<p>According to DR, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.dr.dk//nyheder//kultur//slut-med-dum-saed-dansk-saedbank-har-minimumskrav-til-donorers-iq/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>medical ethicists<\/strong><\/a> say screening donors for certain hereditary conditions reduces the likelihood of certain negative outcomes, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//06//03//scandal-in-belgium-sees-sperm-donor-with-cancer-gene-conceive-52-children/">such as between 2007 and 2018<\/strong><\/a>, when a Danish sperm donor with a pathogenic gene mutation that increased the risk of cancer conceived 52 children. <\/p>\n<p>However, according to Daniela Cutas, associate professor of medical ethics at Lund University, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.dr.dk//nyheder//kultur//slut-med-dum-saed-dansk-saedbank-har-minimumskrav-til-donorers-iq/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>screening potential donors for their IQ and criminal record is trickier<\/strong><\/a>, because it assumes a higher IQ and a lack of criminal record can be genetically determined. <\/p>\n<p>Broad consensus says that while traits such as a parent's IQ can influence a child's intelligence, environmental factors play a major role in shaping a child's cognitive development. <\/p>\n<p>However, according to Knudsen, scientific literature shows that \"IQ is a strong predictor of, not just academic success and income, but also mortality, risk of ADHD, etc. and has a high heritability of 50-80%.\" <\/p>\n<p>\"We wouldn't feel comfortable selling these individuals as donors, as we wouldn't recommend them to our own patients,\" he said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764764124,"updatedAt":1764846068,"publishedAt":1764845714,"firstPublishedAt":1764845714,"lastPublishedAt":1764845714,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/03\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_21c5c00b-2e65-53a4-aefe-7c3cbc5655bc-9570350.jpg","altText":"FILE - 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instruments to decarbonise instead.\u201d\n\nExperts at Denmark\u2019s geological survey say Greensand sandstone rock is well-suited for storing the liquefied CO2. Almost a third of the rock volume is made up of tiny cavities, said Niels Schovsbo, senior researcher at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.\n\n\u201cWe found that there (are) no reactions between the reservoir and the injected CO2. And we find that the seal rock on top of that has sufficient capacity to withhold the pressure that is induced when we are storing CO2 in the subsurface,\u201d added Schovsbo.\n\n\u201cThese two methods makes it a perfect site for storage right there.\u201d\n\nLimitations and criticism\n\nWhile there are many carbon capture facilities around the world, the technology is far from the scale needed, sometimes uses fossil fuel energy in its operations and captures just a tiny fraction of worldwide emissions.\n\nThe Greensand project aims to bury up to 7.3 million metric tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030. The International Energy Agency says nearly 34.5 billion metric tonnes of CO2 were emitted globally last year.\n\nEnvironmental campaigners say CCS has been used as an excuse by industries to delay cutting emissions.\n\n\u201cWe could have CCS on those very few sectors where emissions are truly difficult or impossible to abate,\u201d said Helene Hagel, head of climate and environmental policy at Greenpeace Denmark.\n\n\u201cBut when you have all sectors in society almost saying, we need to just catch the emissions and store them instead of reducing emissions \u2014 that is the problem.\u201d\n\nWhile the chemical giant ramps up carbon storage efforts, it is also hoping to begin development at another previously unopened North Sea oil field.\n\n\"The footprint we deliver from importing energy against producing domestic or regional oil and gas is a lot more important for the transition instead of importing with a higher footprint,\u201d said Gade, defending the company\u2019s plans.\n\n\u201cWe see a purpose in doing this for a period while we create a transition for Europe.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe\u2019s rugged North Sea slowly comes into view from a helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Used to extract fossil fuels, the field is now getting a second lease on life as a means of permanently storing planet-warming carbon dioxide beneath the seabed.<\/p>\n<p>In a process that almost reverses oil extraction, chemical giant INEOS plans to inject liquefied CO2 deep down into depleted oil reservoirs, 1,800 metres beneath the seabed.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press made a rare visit to the Siri platform, close to the unmanned Nini field, the final stage in INEOS\u2019 carbon capture and storage efforts, named Greensand Future.<\/p>\n<p>When the project begins commercial operations next year, Greensand is expected to become the European Union\u2019s first fully-operational offshore CO2 storage site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//25//from-the-alps-to-the-andes-how-climate-change-in-mountain-regions-is-putting-billions-at-r/">From the Alps to the Andes: How climate change in mountain regions is putting billions at risk<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//13//world-has-virtually-exhausted-its-carbon-budget-as-fossil-fuel-emissions-reach-all-time-hi/">World has 'virtually exhausted' its carbon budget as fossil fuel emissions reach all-time high<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Environmentalists say carbon capture and storage, also known as CCS, has a role to play in dealing with climate change but should not be used as an excuse by industries to avoid cutting emissions.<\/p>\n<h2>Future plans<\/h2>\n<p>Mads Gade, chief executive of INEOS Energy Europe, says it will initially begin storing 363,000 metric tonnes of CO2 per year, scaling up to as much as 7.3 million metric tonnes annually by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDenmark has the potential to actually store more than several hundred years of our own emissions,\u201d says Gade. \u201cWe are able to create an industry where we can support Europe in actually storing a lot of the CO2 here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//21//16//808x539_cmsv2_85602cb6-c098-5e66-9dfa-1449515fdba5-9562116.jpg/" alt=\"Workers stand at the platform's railing on the INEOS Energy's Siri platform in the North Sea, Denmark.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/21\/16\/384x256_cmsv2_85602cb6-c098-5e66-9dfa-1449515fdba5-9562116.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/21\/16\/640x427_cmsv2_85602cb6-c098-5e66-9dfa-1449515fdba5-9562116.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/21\/16\/750x500_cmsv2_85602cb6-c098-5e66-9dfa-1449515fdba5-9562116.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/21\/16\/828x552_cmsv2_85602cb6-c098-5e66-9dfa-1449515fdba5-9562116.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/21\/16\/1080x720_cmsv2_85602cb6-c098-5e66-9dfa-1449515fdba5-9562116.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/21\/16\/1200x800_cmsv2_85602cb6-c098-5e66-9dfa-1449515fdba5-9562116.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/21\/16\/1920x1280_cmsv2_85602cb6-c098-5e66-9dfa-1449515fdba5-9562116.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Workers stand at the platform's railing on the INEOS Energy's Siri platform in the North Sea, Denmark.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/James Brooks<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Greensand has struck deals with Danish biogas facilities to bury their captured carbon emissions in the Nini field\u2019s depleted reservoirs.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cCO2 terminal\u201d that temporarily stores the liquefied gas is being built at the Port of Esbjerg, on the western coast of the Danish Jutland peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>A purpose-built carrier vessel, dubbed \u201cCarbon Destroyer 1,\u201d is also under construction in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<h2>Climate solution<\/h2>\n<p>Proponents of carbon capture technology say it is a climate solution because it can remove the greenhouse gas that is the biggest driver of climate change and bury it deep underground.<\/p>\n<p>They note the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world\u2019s top body of climate scientists, has said the technology is a tool in the fight against global warming.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//05//26//can-ccs-meet-europes-climate-targets-three-projects-beset-with-problems-suggest-not/">EU has proposed<\/strong> <\/a>developing at least 227 million metric tonnes of CO2 storage per year by 2040, as part of plans to reach \u201cnet zero\u201d emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>Gade says carbon capture and storage is one of the best means of cutting emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\"We don\u2019t want to deindustrialise Europe,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to have actually a few instruments to decarbonise instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Experts at Denmark\u2019s geological survey say Greensand sandstone rock is well-suited for storing the liquefied CO2. Almost a third of the rock volume is made up of tiny cavities, said Niels Schovsbo, senior researcher at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found that there (are) no reactions between the reservoir and the injected CO2. And we find that the seal rock on top of that has sufficient capacity to withhold the pressure that is induced when we are storing CO2 in the subsurface,\u201d added Schovsbo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese two methods makes it a perfect site for storage right there.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Limitations and criticism<\/h2>\n<p>While there are many carbon capture facilities around the world, the technology is far from the scale needed, sometimes uses fossil fuel energy in its operations and captures just a tiny fraction of worldwide emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The Greensand project aims to bury up to 7.3 million metric tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030. The International Energy Agency says nearly <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//12//rising-electricity-demand-drives-urgent-need-for-diverse-resilient-energy-iea-says/">34.5 billion metric tonnes of CO2 were emitted<\/strong><\/a> globally last year.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental campaigners say CCS has been used as an excuse by industries to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//18//carbon-capture-the-inside-story-of-how-a-delay-tactic-became-a-darling-of-the-eu/">delay cutting emissions<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//18//cop30-world-is-falling-behind-on-crucial-methane-emissions-cuts-new-report-warns/">COP30: World is falling behind on crucial methane emissions cuts, new report warns<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//11//have-chinas-carbon-emissions-peaked-new-analysis-shows-they-havent-risen-in-18-months/">Have China\u2019s carbon emissions peaked? New analysis shows they haven\u2019t risen in 18 months<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cWe could have CCS on those very few sectors where emissions are truly difficult or impossible to abate,\u201d said Helene Hagel, head of climate and environmental policy at Greenpeace Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when you have all sectors in society almost saying, we need to just catch the emissions and store them instead of reducing emissions \u2014 that is the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the chemical giant ramps up carbon storage efforts, it is also hoping to begin development at another previously unopened North Sea oil field.<\/p>\n<p>\"The footprint we deliver from importing energy against producing domestic or regional oil and gas is a lot more important for the transition instead of importing with a higher footprint,\u201d said Gade, defending the company\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see a purpose in doing this for a period while we create a transition for Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764147560,"updatedAt":1764155632,"publishedAt":1764154484,"firstPublishedAt":1764154484,"lastPublishedAt":1764154484,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/21\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7fd9b569-c727-5f01-9008-b221bc1bbe61-9562116.jpg","altText":"The INEOS Energy's Siri platform seen from a helicopter above the North Sea, Denmark.","caption":"The INEOS Energy's Siri platform seen from a helicopter above the North Sea, Denmark.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/James Brooks","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/21\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_85602cb6-c098-5e66-9dfa-1449515fdba5-9562116.jpg","altText":"Workers stand at the platform's railing on the INEOS Energy's Siri platform in the North Sea, Denmark.","caption":"Workers stand at the platform's 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DENMARK COWS","daletPyramidId":3377083,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Fact check: Are cows in Denmark dying over Bovaer additive?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Fact check: Are cows in Denmark dying over Bovaer additive?","titleListing2":"Fact check: Are cows in Denmark dying over Bovaer additive?","leadin":"Misinformation and controversy surrounding the methane-reducing Bovaer feed additive hit the UK last year, and has now travelled over to Denmark.","summary":"Misinformation and controversy surrounding the methane-reducing Bovaer feed additive hit the UK last year, and has now travelled over to Denmark.","keySentence":"","url":"fact-check-are-cows-in-denmark-dying-over-bovaer-additive","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/11\/24\/fact-check-are-cows-in-denmark-dying-over-bovaer-additive","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Cows in Denmark are falling seriously ill and even dying due to the use of the feed additive Bovaer, a series of viral social media posts claims.\n\nThe posts share videos and supposed testimonies of dairy farmers who have given their cows Bovaer, which is used to reduce methane emissions, in which they refer to the feed additive as \"poison\".\n\nThey say that cows fed with Bovaer are collapsing, developing diarrhoea, producing less milk, becoming infertile and even dying, adding that humans' food supply is also being poisoned as a result.\n\nSome allege that stopping the use of Bovaer has led to fewer cases of paralysis and diarrhoea, healthier animals and better milk yield, and are calling for a global boycott of the substance.\n\nWhile some online claims may appear hyperbolic and border on conspiracy, they are being published amid a wave of concerns among Danish dairy farmers about the health of their cattle \u2014 concerns that authorities in the country are now investigating.\n\nBovaer is designed to reduce methane emissions from cows by suppressing an enzyme in their digestive system that is responsible for producing methane. It is said to cut emissions by up to 30% in dairy cows and possibly even more in beef cattle.\n\nThe agricultural sector is the biggest methane emitter in Europe and accounts for about 56% of the EU's methane emissions, according to the European Environment Agency. The digestion process (known as enteric fermentation) in cattle alone accounted for 67% of the sector's methane emissions in the EU in 2020.\n\nBovaer is safe for cows and humans if used properly\n\nFood safety authorities and independent experts across the world assure that Bovaer is safe for cows, and doesn't make milk or meat from animals that have taken it unsafe for humans to consume.\n\nThe European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion in 2021, in which it said that Bovaer was effective and safe for dairy cows \"at the maximum recommended level\" and was of no concern for consumer safety or the environment.\n\nIt noted that its active substance, 3\u2010nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP), can irritate the skin and may be hazardous if inhaled, and it couldn't say for sure that it was safe for other animals apart from cows.\n\nThe UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) more recently published a notice in December 2024, explaining that cows metabolise Bovaer, so it doesn't pass to their milk or meat.\n\nIt also said that 3-NOP had passed rigorous safety assessments and that Bovaer posed no safety concerns when used at the approved dose.\n\n\"It does not cause cancer (it is not carcinogenic or genotoxic) and poses no safety concerns to consumers, animals or the environment,\" the FSA said. \"More than 58 studies on potential risks were evaluated and it was concluded that the additive is safe at twice the recommended dose.\"\n\nThe FSA made the announcement amid a wave of controversy online, after certain British supermarkets teamed up with the Danish-Swedish company Arla Foods for a 90-day trial of Bovaer.\n\nSome UK social media users at the time raised concerns about Bovaer's safety and poured milk down the sink in protest, while others spread rumours that US businessman Bill Gates was involved in its development and part of the \"conspiracy\".\n\nIndependent animal nutrition experts vouch for the feed additive's safety, stressing that it must be used and administered correctly, and that the scare surrounding it may stem from a misinterpretation of safety warnings on the product's label.\n\n\"Certain people state it causes fertility issues in males, skin and eye irritation, not suitable for direct human consumption, cancer, et cetera,\" Jan Dijkstra, associate professor in ruminant nutrition at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team.\n\n\"However, warnings on Bovaer's safety label are as such: factory staff should wear protective clothing when diluting, dosing, or adding pure Bovaer to cattle feed,\" he added, noting that the final product is indeed safe.\n\n\"Farmers don't use pure Bovaer,\" Dijkstra said. \"Safety warnings are completely normal for an industrial additive in concentrated powder form.\"\n\nBovaer's manufacturer, the Swiss-Dutch company DSM-Firmenich, assures that the additive has been proven safe by more than 15 years of research and is a vital player in reducing global methane emissions.\n\n\"Bovaer has undergone extensive scientific evaluation, with well over a decade of research and no evidence of adverse health effects in cows,\" a company spokesperson said. \"There are no reported issues in any of the countries where Bovaer is used \u2014 beyond what is allegedly reported in Denmark.\"\n\nThe spokesperson added that the additive had been used successfully in the first nine months of the year in Denmark by 400 dairy farmers, without ever being identified as a contributor to health issues in cows.\n\nDenmark seriously looking into cases of ill cows\n\nCopenhagen mandated the use of methane-reducing feed at the beginning of 2025 to make its agriculture more climate-friendly, assuring Bovaer's safety.\n\nHowever, following reports by some 350 out of around 1,600 Danish farmers of cattle illness and death, certain bodies such as the Danish Food and Veterinary Administration, SEGES Innovation and Aarhus University have begun taking reports of changes in the health and behaviour of dairy cows seriously.\n\nDSM-Firmenich also told The Cube that the company is working with the investigation to work out what is going on, and that animal welfare is a \"top priority\".\n\nThey want to see whether Bovaer feeding could be contributing to digestive or production changes, or if other factors like diet composition explain why certain farms are reporting challenges but not others.\n\nNevertheless, researchers at Aarhus University have previously said that, during their extensive research on the feed additive, they have never observed the symptoms or even the death of cows that some reports have expressed.\n\nOther experts have repeatedly reached the same conclusion.\n\n\"Scientific studies indeed sometimes, but not always, show reduced feed intake and milk production; this effect seems to occur more frequently at higher doses of 3-NOP,\" Dijkstra told The Cube. \"It is unclear at the moment if Bovaer is really causing the problem in Denmark. For example, at the same time of introducing Bovaer, half of the farmers reporting problems changed diet composition, like opening the new batch of maize silage harvested a few weeks earlier.\"\n\n\"So it is simply unclear if Bovaer is causing problems, or if something else happening at the same time is causing it,\" he added. \"We need to take this seriously and investigate, but we also need to stay away from any odd, untrue claims as to infertility and other symptoms mentioned before.\"\n\nDijkstra noted that it was strange that, in light of the reports of cow death and declining health coming from some Danish dairy farmers, none of the dozens of trials reported in scientific literature came back with any serious issues for cows' health.\n\n\"Some studies report minor reduced feed intake and milk production, but none report issues like 'downer' cows, mastitis, or death,\" he said.\n\nHe pointed to an extensive trial published in the Journal of Dairy Science, which he was involved in, which found that cows taking Bovaer maintained the same feed intake and even showed an increase in milk production.\n\n\"Bovaer is used by hundreds of farmers in the Netherlands and Belgium, and other European countries; some farmers have been using it already for several years,\" Dijkstra said. \"No problems have been reported by these farmers, so the Danish situation as to cow health at present is rather unique.\"\n\n\"We cannot explain it from science, and it is not in line with other practical experiences of farmers elsewhere, nor with scientific experiments,\" he said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Cows in Denmark are falling seriously ill and even dying due to the use of the feed additive Bovaer, a series of viral social media posts claims.<\/p>\n<p>The posts share videos and supposed testimonies of dairy farmers who have given their cows Bovaer, which is used to reduce methane emissions, in which they refer to the feed additive as \"poison\".<\/p>\n<p>They say that cows fed with Bovaer are collapsing, developing diarrhoea, producing less milk, becoming infertile and even dying, adding that humans' food supply is also being poisoned as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Some allege that stopping the use of Bovaer has led to fewer cases of paralysis and diarrhoea, healthier animals and better milk yield, and are calling for a global boycott of the substance. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//55//67//48//808x454_cmsv2_aa92fc52-5934-5a51-a76a-b426780787bd-9556748.jpg/" alt=\"A selection of posts on X making claims about Bovaer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/384x216_cmsv2_aa92fc52-5934-5a51-a76a-b426780787bd-9556748.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/640x360_cmsv2_aa92fc52-5934-5a51-a76a-b426780787bd-9556748.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/750x422_cmsv2_aa92fc52-5934-5a51-a76a-b426780787bd-9556748.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/828x466_cmsv2_aa92fc52-5934-5a51-a76a-b426780787bd-9556748.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/1080x608_cmsv2_aa92fc52-5934-5a51-a76a-b426780787bd-9556748.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/1200x675_cmsv2_aa92fc52-5934-5a51-a76a-b426780787bd-9556748.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/1920x1080_cmsv2_aa92fc52-5934-5a51-a76a-b426780787bd-9556748.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A selection of posts on X making claims about Bovaer<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>While some online claims may appear hyperbolic and border on conspiracy, they are being published amid a wave of concerns among Danish dairy farmers about the health of their cattle \u2014 concerns that authorities in the country are now investigating.<\/p>\n<p>Bovaer is designed to reduce methane emissions from cows by suppressing an enzyme in their digestive system that is responsible for producing methane. It is said to cut emissions by up to 30% in dairy cows and possibly even more in beef cattle.<\/p>\n<p>The agricultural sector is the biggest methane emitter in Europe and accounts for about 56% of the EU's methane emissions, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.eea.europa.eu//en//analysis//publications//methane-climate-change-and-air-quality-in-europe-exploring-the-connections/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>according to the European Environment Agency<\/strong><\/a>. The digestion process (known as enteric fermentation) in cattle alone accounted for 67% of the sector's methane emissions in the EU in 2020.<\/p>\n<h2>Bovaer is safe for cows and humans if used properly<\/h2>\n<p>Food safety authorities and independent experts across the world assure that Bovaer is safe for cows, and doesn't make milk or meat from animals that have taken it unsafe for humans to consume.<\/p>\n<p>The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.efsa.europa.eu//en//efsajournal//pub//6905/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>published a scientific opinion in 2021<\/strong><\/a>, in which it said that Bovaer was effective and safe for dairy cows \"at the maximum recommended level\" and was of no concern for consumer safety or the environment.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that its active substance, 3\u2010nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP), can irritate the skin and may be hazardous if inhaled, and it couldn't say for sure that it was safe for other animals apart from cows. <\/p>\n<p>The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) more recently <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////food.blog.gov.uk//2024//12//05//bovaer-cow-feed-additive-explained///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>published a notice in December 2024<\/strong><\/a>, explaining that cows metabolise Bovaer, so it doesn't pass to their milk or meat.<\/p>\n<p>It also said that 3-NOP had passed rigorous safety assessments and that Bovaer posed no safety concerns when used at the approved dose.<\/p>\n<p>\"It does not cause cancer (it is not carcinogenic or genotoxic) and poses no safety concerns to consumers, animals or the environment,\" the FSA said. \"More than 58 studies on potential risks were evaluated and it was concluded that the additive is safe at twice the recommended dose.\"<\/p>\n<p>The FSA made the announcement amid <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//03//burping-cows-bovaer-and-boycotts-the-anti-methane-additive-thats-taking-social-media-by-st/">a wave of controversy online<\/strong><\/a>, after certain British supermarkets teamed up with the Danish-Swedish company Arla Foods for a 90-day trial of Bovaer.<\/p>\n<p>Some UK social media users at the time raised concerns about Bovaer's safety and poured milk down the sink in protest, while others spread rumours that US businessman Bill Gates was involved in its development and part of the \"conspiracy\".<\/p>\n<p>Independent animal nutrition experts vouch for the feed additive's safety, stressing that it must be used and administered correctly, and that the scare surrounding it may stem from a misinterpretation of safety warnings on the product's label.<\/p>\n<p>\"Certain people state it causes fertility issues in males, skin and eye irritation, not suitable for direct human consumption, cancer, et cetera,\" Jan Dijkstra, associate professor in ruminant nutrition at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team. <\/p>\n<p>\"However, warnings on Bovaer's safety label are as such: factory staff should wear protective clothing when diluting, dosing, or adding pure Bovaer to cattle feed,\" he added, noting that the final product is indeed safe. <\/p>\n<p>\"Farmers don't use pure Bovaer,\" Dijkstra said. \"Safety warnings are completely normal for an industrial additive in concentrated powder form.\"<\/p>\n<p>Bovaer's manufacturer, the Swiss-Dutch company DSM-Firmenich, assures that the additive <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.dsm-firmenich.com//anh//products-and-services//products//methane-inhibitors//bovaer.html/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>has been proven safe<\/strong><\/a> by more than 15 years of research and is a vital player in reducing global methane emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\"Bovaer has undergone extensive scientific evaluation, with well over a decade of research and no evidence of adverse health effects in cows,\" a company spokesperson said. \"There are no reported issues in any of the countries where Bovaer is used \u2014 beyond what is allegedly reported in Denmark.\"<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson added that the additive had been used successfully in the first nine months of the year in Denmark by 400 dairy farmers, without ever being identified as a contributor to health issues in cows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//03//burping-cows-bovaer-and-boycotts-the-anti-methane-additive-thats-taking-social-media-by-st/">Burping cows, Bovaer and boycotts: The anti-methane additive that\u2019s taking social media by storm<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//16//every-time-you-blame-cows-for-climate-change-an-oil-executive-laughs/">Every time you blame cows for climate change, an oil executive laughs<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Denmark seriously looking into cases of ill cows<\/h2>\n<p>Copenhagen mandated the use of methane-reducing feed at the beginning of 2025 to make its agriculture more climate-friendly, assuring Bovaer's safety.<\/p>\n<p>However, following reports by some 350 out of around 1,600 Danish farmers of cattle illness and death, certain bodies such as the Danish Food and Veterinary Administration, SEGES Innovation and Aarhus University have begun taking reports of changes in the health and behaviour of dairy cows seriously.<\/p>\n<p>DSM-Firmenich also told The Cube that the company is working with the investigation to work out what is going on, and that animal welfare is a \"top priority\".<\/p>\n<p>They <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////segesinnovation.com//about-us//news-and-media//seges-innovation-news//feedback-regarding-the-use-of-bovaer-in-danish-dairy-herds///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>want to see<\/strong><\/a> whether Bovaer feeding could be contributing to digestive or production changes, or if other factors like diet composition explain why certain farms are reporting challenges but not others.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, researchers at Aarhus University have previously said that, during their extensive research on the feed additive, they have never observed the symptoms or even the death of cows that some reports have expressed.<\/p>\n<p>Other experts have repeatedly reached the same conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\"Scientific studies indeed sometimes, but not always, show reduced feed intake and milk production; this effect seems to occur more frequently at higher doses of 3-NOP,\" Dijkstra told The Cube. \"It is unclear at the moment if Bovaer is really causing the problem in Denmark. For example, at the same time of introducing Bovaer, half of the farmers reporting problems changed diet composition, like opening the new batch of maize silage harvested a few weeks earlier.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"So it is simply unclear if Bovaer is causing problems, or if something else happening at the same time is causing it,\" he added. \"We need to take this seriously and investigate, but we also need to stay away from any odd, untrue claims as to infertility and other symptoms mentioned before.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//55//67//48//808x454_cmsv2_1cf295dc-3dac-5c18-a0cb-88a090de0ff4-9556748.jpg/" alt=\"The reports in Denmark are being taken seriously, but experts assure that Bovaer is safe (File photo)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/384x216_cmsv2_1cf295dc-3dac-5c18-a0cb-88a090de0ff4-9556748.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/640x360_cmsv2_1cf295dc-3dac-5c18-a0cb-88a090de0ff4-9556748.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/750x422_cmsv2_1cf295dc-3dac-5c18-a0cb-88a090de0ff4-9556748.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/828x466_cmsv2_1cf295dc-3dac-5c18-a0cb-88a090de0ff4-9556748.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/1080x608_cmsv2_1cf295dc-3dac-5c18-a0cb-88a090de0ff4-9556748.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/1200x675_cmsv2_1cf295dc-3dac-5c18-a0cb-88a090de0ff4-9556748.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/67\/48\/1920x1080_cmsv2_1cf295dc-3dac-5c18-a0cb-88a090de0ff4-9556748.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The reports in Denmark are being taken seriously, but experts assure that Bovaer is safe (File photo)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Canva<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Dijkstra noted that it was strange that, in light of the reports of cow death and declining health coming from some Danish dairy farmers, none of the dozens of trials reported in scientific literature came back with any serious issues for cows' health.<\/p>\n<p>\"Some studies report minor reduced feed intake and milk production, but none report issues like 'downer' cows, mastitis, or death,\" he said. <\/p>\n<p>He pointed to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.journalofdairyscience.org//article//S0022-0302(24)00500-9//fulltext/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>an extensive trial<\/strong><\/a> published in the Journal of Dairy Science, which he was involved in, which found that cows taking Bovaer maintained the same feed intake and even showed an increase in milk production. <\/p>\n<p>\"Bovaer is used by hundreds of farmers in the Netherlands and Belgium, and other European countries; some farmers have been using it already for several years,\" Dijkstra said. \"No problems have been reported by these farmers, so the Danish situation as to cow health at present is rather unique.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We cannot explain it from science, and it is not in line with other practical experiences of farmers elsewhere, 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The annual report evaluates how well countries are implementing policies that will help achieve the goals laid out in the Paris Agreement.\u00a0\n\nDenmark is the highest-ranked of all countries surveyed, with the top three spots remaining unfilled as none are fully aligned with the targets set forth in the Paris Agreement.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe measure, which assesses 63 countries and the European Union, takes into account greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy progress, energy use, and climate policy. Denmark earned a \u201cvery high\u201d rating in Renewable Energy, \u201chigh\u201d in GHG Emissions and Climate Policy, and \u201cmedium\u201d in Energy Use. The index notes that Denmark has been a leader in offshore wind and electric vehicle uptake.\u00a0\n\nThe country had previously set ambitious emissions targets. In 2020, the parliament passed Denmark\u2019s first ever climate act, with a binding target to reduce emissions by 70 per cent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. 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However, the country still lags behind in renewable energy expansion.\u00a0\n\nIndividual European countries have also made strides in their climate commitments. Luxembourg, Lithuania, and the Netherlands made the top ten in the CCPI ranking. Norway and Sweden are also leaders in renewable energy expansion. Norway has also set an ambitious emissions reduction target of 70-75 per cent below 1990 levels by 2035.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWhile we cannot yet attest to any country having very good climate mitigation performance overall, there are pioneers in some categories who are demonstrating ambitious performance,\u201d said Niklas H\u00f6hne, one of the CCPI authors.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<h2><strong>An ambitious target<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On Monday at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//07//what-is-cop30-why-does-it-matter-and-who-will-be-at-this-years-un-climate-talks/">COP30, the Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagaard, announced the country\u2019s new emissions reduction <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//04//world-heading-for-28c-warming-as-un-report-reveals-climate-pledges-are-barely-moving-the-n/">target for 2035. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//09//21//denmark-becomes-first-country-to-pay-for-loss-and-damage-from-climate-change/">Denmarkaims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 82 to 85 per cent by 2035 compared with 1990 levels. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDenmark must consistently remain among the most ambitious countries, and a new target for 2035 ensures that we remain right at the top internationally, he said. \u201cWe must once again show the rest of the world that it is possible to balance ambitious climate goals with a competitive business sector and social cohesion.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//04//world-heading-for-28c-warming-as-un-report-reveals-climate-pledges-are-barely-moving-the-n/">World heading for 2.8\u00b0C warming as UN report reveals climate pledges are 'barely moving the needle'<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//26//denmark-enlists-ten-more-in-push-for-ambitious-climate-target/">Denmark enlists ten more in push for 'ambitious' climate target<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>To support this target, the government will allocate 4 billion Danish kroner (around \u20ac535 million).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to prioritise climate action even in a time marked by war and conflict,\u201d said Aagaard. \u201cTargets, financing, and the measures needed to secure the additional reductions must go hand in hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What sets Denmark apart?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ccpi.org//country//dnk///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Climate Change Performance Index<\/strong><\/a> (CCPI), which was published today, Denmark ranked 4th in terms of its climate performance. The annual report evaluates how well countries are implementing policies that will help achieve the goals laid out in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//21//cop29-what-is-the-paris-agreement-and-how-will-countries-be-held-to-account-in-baku/">Paris Agreement.<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denmark is the highest-ranked of all countries surveyed, with the top three spots remaining unfilled as none are fully aligned with the targets set forth in the Paris Agreement. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//30//denmark-is-our-green-european-country-of-the-month-heres-why/">Denmark is our Green European country of the month - here\u2019s why<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//11//20//a-giant-tunnel-and-vast-sponge-parks-how-denmark-is-trying-to-avoid-devastating-floods/">A giant tunnel and vast sponge parks: How Denmark is trying to avoid devastating floods<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The measure, which assesses 63 countries and the European Union, takes into account greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy progress, energy use, and climate policy. 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The country was on track to meet its goal. <\/p>\n<p>Denmark is also aiming for climate neutrality by 2045. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>How does the rest of Europe stack up?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The European Union is one of the world\u2019s six largest <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//04//world-heading-for-28c-warming-as-un-report-reveals-climate-pledges-are-barely-moving-the-n/">greenhouse gas emitters<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> The bloc finalised its climate target at the last minute before the UN climate conference in Belem. <\/p>\n<p>Member States have agreed to reduce net emissions by 66.25\u201372.5 per cent by 2035 from 1990 levels. The EU\u2019s goal for climate neutrality by 2050 is also after Denmark\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom was previously the world\u2019s most ambitious nation for cutting emissions. Last year, at COP29, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a target of an 81 per cent reduction in emissions by 2035 compared with the 1950 level. The UK was the first G7 country to phase out <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//10//01//how-the-uk-phased-out-coal-in-12-years-by-nudging-mines-to-close-and-boosting-renewables/">coal, and it ranks 5th on this year\u2019s CCPI. 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wall\".","keySentence":"","url":"europes-private-drone-industry-sees-opportunity-as-nato-strengthens-defence","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/13\/europes-private-drone-industry-sees-opportunity-as-nato-strengthens-defence","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In a warehouse hundreds of kilometres from Ukraine, workers in northern Denmark painstakingly piece together\u00a0anti-drone devices.\n\nSome of these are to be exported to Kyiv in the hopes of jamming Russian technology on the battlefield, while others will be shipped across Europe in efforts to combat a series of drone intrusions into NATO's airspace that have set the continent on edge.\n\nTwo Danish companies whose business was predominantly defence-related now say they have seen a surge in new clients seeking to use their technology to protect sites such as airports, military installations and critical infrastructure, all of which have been targeted by drone flyovers in recent weeks.\n\nWeibel Scientific's radar UAV detection technology was deployed ahead of a\u00a0key EU summit earlier this year\u00a0at Copenhagen Airport, where unidentified drone sightings closed the airspace for hours in September.\n\nCounter-drone firm MyDefence builds handheld, wearable radio-frequency devices in its warehouse in northern Denmark that sever the connection between a drone and its pilot, neutralising the threat.\n\nSo-called \"jamming\" is restricted and heavily regulated in the European Union, but widespread on the battlefields of Ukraine and has become so extensive there that Russia and Ukraine have started deploying drones tethered by thin fibre-optic cables that do not rely on radio frequency signals.\n\nRussia is also firing attack drones with extra antennas to stymie Ukraine's jamming efforts.\n\nSpike in drone incursions\n\nDrone warfare exploded following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.\u00a0\n\nRussia has bombarded Ukraine\u00a0with drone and missile attacks,\u00a0striking railways, power facilities and cities across the country.\n\nIn response, Ukraine has launched\u00a0its own strikes\u00a0on military and energy targets deep inside Russia using domestically produced drones.\n\nBut Europe as a whole is now on high alert after drone flyovers\u00a0into NATO airspace\u00a0reached an unprecedented scale in September, prompting European leaders to agree to develop a\u00a0\"drone wall\"\u00a0along their borders to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe's airspace.\n\nIn November, NATO military officials said\u00a0a new US anti-drone system\u00a0had been deployed to the alliance\u2019s eastern flank.\n\nAnd following a violation of Polish airspace, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced\u00a0the formation of the Eastern Sentry programme, which aims to deter further Russian incursions.\n\nSome European officials described the incidents as Moscow testing NATO\u2019s response, which raised questions about\u00a0how prepared the alliance is against potential threats from Russia.\n\nThe Kremlin has dismissed allegations that Russia is behind some of the unidentified drone flights in Europe as \"unfounded.\"\n\nKey challenges include detecting drones, which are sometimes mistaken for birds or planes on radar systems, and taking them down cheaply.\n\nAndreas Graae, assistant professor at the Royal Danish Defence College, said there is a \"huge drive\" to rapidly deploy counter-drone systems in Europe amid Russian aggression.\n\n\"All countries in Europe are struggling to find the right solutions to be prepared for these new drone challenges,\" he said. \"We don't have all the things that are needed to actually be good enough to detect drones and have early warning systems.\"\n\n'Machines before people'\n\nFounded in 2013, MyDefence makes devices that can be used to protect airports, government buildings and other critical infrastructure, but chief executive Dan Hermansen called the Russia-Ukraine war a \"turning point\" for his company.\n\nMore than 2,000 units of its wearable \"Wingman\" detector have been delivered to Ukraine since Russia invaded nearly four years ago.\n\n\"For the past couple of years, we've heard in Ukraine that they want to put machines before people\" to save lives, Hermansen said.\n\nMyDefence last year doubled its earnings to roughly $18.7 million (\u20ac16.1 million) compared to 2023.\n\nThen came the drone flyovers earlier this year. Besides Copenhagen Airport, drones flew over four smaller Danish airports, including two that serve as military bases.\n\nThere were also similar incidents in Romania, Lithuania and Norway.\n\nHermansen said these episodes were an \"eye-opener\" for many European countries and prompted a surge of interest in their technology.\n\nMyDefence went from having the vast majority of its business defence-related to receiving inquiries from officials representing police forces and critical infrastructure.\n\n\"Seeing suddenly that drone warfare is not just something that happens in Ukraine or on the eastern flank, but basically is something that we need to take care of in a hybrid warfare threat scenario,\" he added.\n\nRadar technology used against drones\n\nOn NATO's eastern flank, Denmark, Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against drones.\u00a0\n\nThe US-made Merops system, which is small enough to fit in the back of a pickup truck, can identify drones and close in on them using artificial intelligence to navigate when satellite and electronic communications are jammed.\n\nThe aim is to make the border with Russia so well-armed that Moscow\u2019s forces will be deterred from ever contemplating crossing the line from Norway in the north to Turkey in the south, NATO military officials said.\n\nNorth of Copenhagen, Weibel Scientific has been making Doppler radar technology since the 1970s.\n\nTypically used in tracking radar systems for the aerospace industry, it\u2019s now being applied to drone detection like at Copenhagen Airport.\n\nThe technology can determine the velocity of an object, such as a drone, based on the change in the wavelength of a signal reflected back.\n\nThen it's possible to predict the direction the object is moving, Weibel Scientific chief executive Peter R\u00f8pke said.\n\n\"The Ukraine war, and especially how it has evolved over the last couple of years with drone technology, means this type of product is in high demand,\" R\u00f8pke said.\n\nEarlier this year, Weibel secured a \u20ac65 million deal, which the firm called its \"largest order ever\".\n\nThe drone flyovers boosted the demand even higher as discussion around the proposed \"drone wall\" continued. R\u00f8pke said his technology could become a \"key component\" of any future drone shield.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In a warehouse hundreds of kilometres from Ukraine, workers in northern Denmark painstakingly piece together anti-drone devices.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these are to be exported to Kyiv in the hopes of jamming Russian technology on the battlefield, while others will be shipped across Europe in efforts to combat a series of drone intrusions into NATO's airspace that have set the continent on edge.<\/p>\n<p>Two Danish companies whose business was predominantly defence-related now say they have seen a surge in new clients seeking to use their technology to protect sites such as airports, military installations and critical infrastructure, all of which have been targeted by drone flyovers in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Weibel Scientific's radar UAV detection technology was deployed ahead of a key EU summit earlier this year at Copenhagen Airport, where unidentified drone sightings closed the airspace for hours in September.<\/p>\n<p>Counter-drone firm MyDefence builds handheld, wearable radio-frequency devices in its warehouse in northern Denmark that sever the connection between a drone and its pilot, neutralising the threat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//61//70//808x454_cmsv2_767a6999-e710-557f-b429-1c9d9e7977b7-9546170.jpg/" alt=\"A worker assembles counter drone devices at MyDefence's headquarters in Aalborg, 28 October, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/384x216_cmsv2_767a6999-e710-557f-b429-1c9d9e7977b7-9546170.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/640x360_cmsv2_767a6999-e710-557f-b429-1c9d9e7977b7-9546170.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/750x422_cmsv2_767a6999-e710-557f-b429-1c9d9e7977b7-9546170.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/828x466_cmsv2_767a6999-e710-557f-b429-1c9d9e7977b7-9546170.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/1080x608_cmsv2_767a6999-e710-557f-b429-1c9d9e7977b7-9546170.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/1200x675_cmsv2_767a6999-e710-557f-b429-1c9d9e7977b7-9546170.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/1920x1080_cmsv2_767a6999-e710-557f-b429-1c9d9e7977b7-9546170.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A worker assembles counter drone devices at MyDefence's headquarters in Aalborg, 28 October, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>So-called \"jamming\" is restricted and heavily regulated in the European Union, but widespread on the battlefields of Ukraine and has become so extensive there that Russia and Ukraine have started deploying drones tethered by thin fibre-optic cables that do not rely on radio frequency signals.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is also firing attack drones with extra antennas to stymie Ukraine's jamming efforts.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Spike in drone incursions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Drone warfare exploded following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Russia has bombarded Ukraine with drone and missile attacks, striking railways, power facilities and cities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Ukraine has launched its own strikes on military and energy targets deep inside Russia using domestically produced drones.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//09//30//which-countries-in-europe-have-spotted-suspicious-drones-in-their-airspace/">Europe as a whole is now on high alert after drone flyovers<\/a> into NATO airspace reached an unprecedented scale in September, prompting European leaders to agree to develop a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//10//15//eu-plans-functional-drone-wall-against-russia-by-end-of-2027-leak-shows/">/"drone wall\"<\/a> along their borders to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe's airspace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//61//70//808x539_cmsv2_52e696e8-1044-5272-ba14-327ffb743259-9546170.jpg/" alt=\"NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during the NATO Industry Forum in Bucharest, 6 November, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_52e696e8-1044-5272-ba14-327ffb743259-9546170.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_52e696e8-1044-5272-ba14-327ffb743259-9546170.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_52e696e8-1044-5272-ba14-327ffb743259-9546170.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_52e696e8-1044-5272-ba14-327ffb743259-9546170.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_52e696e8-1044-5272-ba14-327ffb743259-9546170.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_52e696e8-1044-5272-ba14-327ffb743259-9546170.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/1920x1280_cmsv2_52e696e8-1044-5272-ba14-327ffb743259-9546170.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during the NATO Industry Forum in Bucharest, 6 November, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In November, NATO military officials said a new US anti-drone system had been deployed to the alliance\u2019s eastern flank.<\/p>\n<p>And following a violation of Polish airspace, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//09//12//nato-secretary-general-announces-eastern-sentry-initiative-for-the-alliances-eastern-flank/">the formation of the Eastern Sentry programme<\/strong><\/a>, which aims to deter further Russian incursions.<\/p>\n<p>Some European officials described the incidents as Moscow testing NATO\u2019s response, which raised questions about how prepared the alliance is against potential threats from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin has dismissed allegations that Russia is behind some of the unidentified drone flights in Europe as \"unfounded.\"<\/p>\n<p>Key challenges include detecting drones, which are sometimes mistaken for birds or planes on radar systems, and taking them down cheaply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//03//built-in-the-shadows-launched-at-night-ukraines-long-range-drone-strikes-on-russian-refine/">Built in the shadows, launched at night: Ukraine's long-range drone strikes on Russian refineries<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//09//12//nato-secretary-general-announces-eastern-sentry-initiative-for-the-alliances-eastern-flank/">NATO secretary general announces Eastern Sentry initiative for the alliance's eastern flank<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Andreas Graae, assistant professor at the Royal Danish Defence College, said there is a \"huge drive\" to rapidly deploy counter-drone systems in Europe amid Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>\"All countries in Europe are struggling to find the right solutions to be prepared for these new drone challenges,\" he said. \"We don't have all the things that are needed to actually be good enough to detect drones and have early warning systems.\"<\/p>\n<h2><strong>'Machines before people'<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Founded in 2013, MyDefence makes devices that can be used to protect airports, government buildings and other critical infrastructure, but chief executive Dan Hermansen called the Russia-Ukraine war a \"turning point\" for his company.<\/p>\n<p>More than 2,000 units of its wearable \"Wingman\" detector have been delivered to Ukraine since Russia invaded nearly four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\"For the past couple of years, we've heard in Ukraine that they want to put machines before people\" to save lives, Hermansen said.<\/p>\n<p>MyDefence last year doubled its earnings to roughly $18.7 million (\u20ac16.1 million) compared to 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the drone flyovers earlier this year. Besides Copenhagen Airport, drones flew over four smaller Danish airports, including two that serve as military bases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//61//70//808x539_cmsv2_90ee3c78-322b-5c43-9749-5bd5a08aee53-9546170.jpg/" alt=\"A Ukrainian soldier with the Kraken 1654 unit lands a Vampire drone during a demonstration in Kharkiv, 5 November, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_90ee3c78-322b-5c43-9749-5bd5a08aee53-9546170.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_90ee3c78-322b-5c43-9749-5bd5a08aee53-9546170.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_90ee3c78-322b-5c43-9749-5bd5a08aee53-9546170.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_90ee3c78-322b-5c43-9749-5bd5a08aee53-9546170.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_90ee3c78-322b-5c43-9749-5bd5a08aee53-9546170.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_90ee3c78-322b-5c43-9749-5bd5a08aee53-9546170.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/1920x1280_cmsv2_90ee3c78-322b-5c43-9749-5bd5a08aee53-9546170.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Ukrainian soldier with the Kraken 1654 unit lands a Vampire drone during a demonstration in Kharkiv, 5 November, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>There were also similar incidents in Romania, Lithuania and Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Hermansen said these episodes were an \"eye-opener\" for many European countries and prompted a surge of interest in their technology.<\/p>\n<p>MyDefence went from having the vast majority of its business defence-related to receiving inquiries from officials representing police forces and critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\"Seeing suddenly that drone warfare is not just something that happens in Ukraine or on the eastern flank, but basically is something that we need to take care of in a hybrid warfare threat scenario,\" he added.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Radar technology used against drones<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On NATO's eastern flank, Denmark, Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against drones. <\/p>\n<p>The US-made Merops system, which is small enough to fit in the back of a pickup truck, can identify drones and close in on them using artificial intelligence to navigate when satellite and electronic communications are jammed.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to make the border with Russia so well-armed that Moscow\u2019s forces will be deterred from ever contemplating crossing the line from Norway in the north to Turkey in the south, NATO military officials said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//53//77//88//808x539_cmsv2_b07b9981-f3d1-5e2a-92d6-15f8aa280bf8-9537788.jpg/" alt=\"A no drone sign just outside the perimeter of Brussels International Airport in Zaventem, 5 November, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/77\/88\/384x256_cmsv2_b07b9981-f3d1-5e2a-92d6-15f8aa280bf8-9537788.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/77\/88\/640x427_cmsv2_b07b9981-f3d1-5e2a-92d6-15f8aa280bf8-9537788.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/77\/88\/750x500_cmsv2_b07b9981-f3d1-5e2a-92d6-15f8aa280bf8-9537788.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/77\/88\/828x552_cmsv2_b07b9981-f3d1-5e2a-92d6-15f8aa280bf8-9537788.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/77\/88\/1080x720_cmsv2_b07b9981-f3d1-5e2a-92d6-15f8aa280bf8-9537788.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/77\/88\/1200x800_cmsv2_b07b9981-f3d1-5e2a-92d6-15f8aa280bf8-9537788.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/77\/88\/1920x1280_cmsv2_b07b9981-f3d1-5e2a-92d6-15f8aa280bf8-9537788.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A no drone sign just outside the perimeter of Brussels International Airport in Zaventem, 5 November, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>North of Copenhagen, Weibel Scientific has been making Doppler radar technology since the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Typically used in tracking radar systems for the aerospace industry, it\u2019s now being applied to drone detection like at Copenhagen Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The technology can determine the velocity of an object, such as a drone, based on the change in the wavelength of a signal reflected back.<\/p>\n<p>Then it's possible to predict the direction the object is moving, Weibel Scientific chief executive Peter R\u00f8pke said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//09//30//which-countries-in-europe-have-spotted-suspicious-drones-in-their-airspace/">Which countries in Europe have spotted suspicious drones in their airspace? <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//23//nato-warns-russia-it-will-use-necessary-tools-to-defend-against-airspace-breaches/">NATO warns Russia it will use 'necessary tools' to defend against airspace breaches<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The Ukraine war, and especially how it has evolved over the last couple of years with drone technology, means this type of product is in high demand,\" R\u00f8pke said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Weibel secured a \u20ac65 million deal, which the firm called its \"largest order ever\".<\/p>\n<p>The drone flyovers boosted the demand even higher as discussion around the proposed \"drone wall\" continued. R\u00f8pke said his technology could become a \"key component\" of any future drone shield.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762958401,"updatedAt":1763011892,"publishedAt":1763011843,"firstPublishedAt":1763011843,"lastPublishedAt":1763011892,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_83196621-b1a2-5ae6-9cc1-24f23df2856f-9546170.jpg","altText":"A worker packs away assembled counter drone devices at MyDefence's headquarters in Aalborg, 28 October, 2025","caption":"A worker packs away assembled counter drone devices at MyDefence's headquarters in Aalborg, 28 October, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/61\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_90ee3c78-322b-5c43-9749-5bd5a08aee53-9546170.jpg","altText":"A Ukrainian soldier with the Kraken 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ban access to social media for anyone aged under 15.\n\nThe move, led by the Ministry of Digitalisation, would set the age limit for access to social media but give some parents \u2013 after a specific assessment \u2013 the right to give consent to let their children access social media from age 13.\n\nSuch a measure would be among the most sweeping steps yet by a European Union government to address concerns about the use of social media among teens and younger children, which has drawn concerns in many parts of an increasingly online world.\n\nIt follows upon a move in Australia, where parliament enacted the world\u2019s first ban on social media for children \u2013 setting the minimum age at 16. That ban goes into effect Dec. 10.\n\nAustralia\u2019s plan means platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, X, Instagram, and YouTube will be subject to fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars (\u20ac28.3 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.\n\nThe Danish digitalisation ministry statement said the age minimum of 15 would be introduced for \u201ccertain\u201d social media, though it did not specify which ones. Nor did the statement indicate how such a move would be enforced, in a world where millions of children have easy access to screens.\n\nBut the move nonetheless was likely to stir debate well beyond Denmark's borders.\n\n\u201cAs one of the first countries in the EU, Denmark is now taking a groundbreaking step towards introducing age limits on social media,\" the ministry said.\n\n\u201cThis is done to protect children and young people in the digital world\u201d.\n\nA coalition of lawmakers from the political right, left and centre \u201care making it clear that children should not be left alone in a digital world where harmful content and commercial interests are too much a part of shaping their everyday lives and childhoods,\u201d the ministry said.\n\n\u201cChildren and young people have their sleep disrupted, lose their peace and concentration, and experience increasing pressure from digital relationships where adults are not always present,\u201d it said.\n\n\u201cThis is a development that no parent, teacher, or educator can stop alone\u201d.\n\nPressure from tech giants' business models was \u201ctoo massive,\u201d the ministry added, citing a comment from Digitalisation Minister Caroline Stage that through the agreement, Danish authorities were \u201cfinally drawing a line in the sand and setting a clear direction\u201d.\n\n\u201cDenmark is now leading the way in Europe with a national age limit for social media and a concerted effort to strengthen the digital wellbeing of children and young people,\u201d she said.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe are taking a necessary stand against a development where large tech platforms have had free rein in children\u2019s rooms for far too long\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Denmark\u2019s government on Friday announced a political agreement to ban access to social media for anyone aged under 15.<\/p>\n<p>The move, led by the Ministry of Digitalisation, would set the age limit for access to social media but give some parents \u2013 after a specific assessment \u2013 the right to give consent to let their children access social media from age 13.<\/p>\n<p>Such a measure would be among the most sweeping steps yet by a European Union government to address concerns about the use of social media among teens and younger children, which has drawn concerns in many parts of an increasingly online world.<\/p>\n<p>It follows upon a move in Australia, where parliament enacted the world\u2019s first ban on social media for children \u2013 setting the minimum age at 16. That ban goes into effect Dec. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s plan means platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//05//australia-adds-reddit-and-kick-to-world-leading-social-media-ban-for-children-under-16/">Reddit, Kick,<\/strong><\/a> X, Instagram, and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//07//30//australia-adds-youtube-to-social-media-ban-for-children-under-age-16/">YouTube will be subject to fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars (\u20ac28.3 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//09//10//von-der-leyen-looking-into-eu-social-media-ban-for-minors/">Von der Leyen looking into EU social media ban for minors<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Danish digitalisation ministry statement said the age minimum of 15 would be introduced for \u201ccertain\u201d social media, though it did not specify which ones. Nor did the statement indicate how such a move would be enforced, in a world where millions of children have easy access to screens.<\/p>\n<p>But the move nonetheless was likely to stir debate well beyond Denmark's borders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs one of the first countries in the EU, Denmark is now taking a groundbreaking step towards introducing age limits on social media,\" the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is done to protect children and young people in the digital world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of lawmakers from the political right, left and centre \u201care making it clear that children should not be left alone in a digital world where harmful content and commercial interests are too much a part of shaping their everyday lives and childhoods,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren and young people have their sleep disrupted, lose their peace and concentration, and experience increasing pressure from digital relationships where adults are not always present,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//10//28//meta-tiktok-and-snapchat-say-they-disagree-but-will-comply-with-australias-social-media-ba/">Meta, TikTok and Snapchat say they disagree but will comply with Australia\u2019s social media ban<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a development that no parent, teacher, or educator can stop alone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure from tech giants' business models was \u201ctoo massive,\u201d the ministry added, citing a comment from Digitalisation Minister Caroline Stage that through the agreement, Danish authorities were \u201cfinally drawing a line in the sand and setting a clear direction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDenmark is now leading the way in Europe with a national age limit for social media and a concerted effort to strengthen the digital wellbeing of children and young people,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are taking a necessary stand against a development where large tech platforms have had free rein in children\u2019s rooms for far too long\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762528955,"updatedAt":1762529937,"publishedAt":1762529430,"firstPublishedAt":1762529430,"lastPublishedAt":1762529430,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/08\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5449c69b-8fc4-582e-952e-1a9b6ad913cb-9540852.jpg","altText":"Two teenagers use their phones to view social media in Sydney, on Nov. 8, 2024.","caption":"Two teenagers use their phones to view social media in Sydney, on Nov. 8, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rick Rycroft\/AP 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WIRE DENMARK AI DEEPFAKE","daletPyramidId":3221384,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"How Denmark is trying to protect citizens from AI deepfakes","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How Denmark is trying to protect citizens from AI deepfakes","titleListing2":"How Denmark is trying to protect citizens from AI deepfakes","leadin":"Denmark is seeking to protect ordinary Danes, as well as performers and artists who might have their appearance or voice imitated and shared without their permission.","summary":"Denmark is seeking to protect ordinary Danes, as well as performers and artists who might have their appearance or voice imitated and shared without their permission.","keySentence":"","url":"how-denmark-is-trying-to-protect-citizens-from-ai-deepfakes","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/11\/06\/how-denmark-is-trying-to-protect-citizens-from-ai-deepfakes","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In 2021, Danish video game live-streamer Marie Watson received an image of herself from an unknown Instagram account.\n\nShe instantly recognised the holiday snap from her Instagram account, but something was different: Her clothing had been digitally removed to make her appear naked. It was a deepfake.\n\n\u201cIt overwhelmed me so much,\u201d Watson recalled. \u201cI just started bursting out in tears, because suddenly, I was there naked\u201d.\n\nIn the four years since her experience, deepfakes \u2014 highly realistic images, videos, or audio of real people or events that are generated by artificial intelligence (AI) \u2014 have become not only easier to make worldwide but also look or sound exponentially more realistic.\n\nThat's thanks to technological advances and the proliferation of generative AI tools, including video generation tools from OpenAI and Google.\n\nThese tools give millions of users the ability to easily spit out content, including for nefarious purposes that range from depicting celebrities Taylor Swift and Katy Perry to disrupting elections and humiliating teens and women.\n\nCopyright law\n\nIn response, Denmark is seeking to protect ordinary Danes, as well as performers and artists who might have their appearance or voice imitated and shared without their permission.\n\nA bill that's expected to pass early next year would change copyright law by imposing a ban on the sharing of deepfakes to protect citizens\u2019 personal characteristics \u2014 such as their appearance or voice \u2014 from being imitated and shared online without their consent.\n\nIf enacted, Danish citizens would get the copyright over their own likeness. In theory, they then would be able to demand that online platforms take down content shared without their permission. The law would still allow for parodies and satire, though it\u2019s unclear how that will be determined.\n\nExperts and officials say the Danish legislation would be among the most extensive steps yet taken by a government to combat misinformation through deepfakes.\n\nHenry Ajder, founder of consulting firm Latent Space Advisory and a leading expert in generative AI, said that he applauds the Danish government for recognising that the law needs to change.\n\n\u201cBecause right now, when people say \u2018what can I do to protect myself from being deepfaked?\u2019 the answer I have to give most of the time is: \u2018There isn\u2019t a huge amount you can do,\u2019\" he said, \u201cwithout me basically saying, \u2018scrub yourself from the internet entirely.\u2019 Which isn\u2019t really possible\u201d.\n\nHe added: \"We can\u2019t just pretend that this is business as usual for how we think about those key parts of our identity and our dignity\u201d.\n\nDeepfakes and misinformation\n\nUS President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation in May that makes it illegal to knowingly publish or threaten to publish intimate images without a person\u2019s consent, including deepfakes.\n\nLast year, South Korea rolled out measures to curb deepfake porn, including harsher punishment and stepped up regulations for social media platforms.\n\nDanish Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the bill has broad support from lawmakers in Copenhagen, because such digital manipulations can stir doubts about reality and spread misinformation.\n\n\u201cIf you\u2019re able to deepfake a politician without her or him being able to have that product taken down, that will undermine our democracy,\u201d he told reporters during an AI and copyright conference in September.\n\nThe right balance\n\nThe law would apply only in Denmark, and is unlikely to involve fines or imprisonment for social media users. But big tech platforms that fail to remove deepfakes could face severe fines, Engel-Schmidt said.\n\nAjder said Google-owned YouTube, for example, has a \u201cvery, very good system for getting the balance between copyright protection and freedom of creativity\u201d.\n\nThe platform's efforts suggest that it recognises \u201cthe scale of the challenge that is already here and how much deeper it\u2019s going to become,\u201d he added.\n\nTwitch, TikTok, and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, didn't respond to requests for comment.\n\nEngel-Schmidt said that Denmark, the current holder of the European Union's rotating presidency, had received interest in its proposed legislation from several other EU members, including France and Ireland.\n\nIntellectual property lawyer Jakob Plesner Mathiasen said that the legislation shows the widespread need to combat the online danger that's now infused into every aspect of Danish life.\n\n\u201cI think it definitely goes to say that the ministry wouldn\u2019t make this bill, if there hadn\u2019t been any occasion for it,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cWe're seeing it with fake news, with government elections. We are seeing it with pornography, and we\u2019re also seeing it also with famous people and also everyday people \u2014 like you and me\u201d.\n\nThe Danish Rights Alliance, which protects the rights of creative industries on the internet, supports the bill, because its director says that current copyright law doesn't go far enough.\n\nDanish voice actor David Bateson, for example, was at a loss when AI voice clones were shared by thousands of users online. Bateson voiced a character in the popular \u201cHitman\u201d video game, as well as Danish toymaker Lego's English advertisements.\n\n\u201cWhen we reported this to the online platforms, they say \u2018OK, but which regulation are you referring to?\u2019\u201d said Maria Fredenslund, an attorney and the alliance\u2019s director.\n\n\u201cWe couldn\u2019t point to an exact regulation in Denmark\u201d.\n\n\u2018When it\u2019s online, you're done'\n\nWatson had heard about fellow influencers who found digitally-altered images of themselves online, but never thought it might happen to her.\n\nDelving into a dark side of the web where faceless users sell and share deepfake imagery \u2014 often of women \u2014 she said she was shocked how easy it was to create such pictures using readily available online tools.\n\n\u201cYou could literally just search \u2018deepfake generator\u2019 on Google or \u2018how to make a deepfake,\u2019 and all these websites and generators would pop up,\u201d the 28-year-old Watson said.\n\nShe is glad her government is taking action, but she isn\u2019t hopeful. She believes more pressure must be applied to social media platforms.\n\n\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be a thing that you can upload these types of pictures,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen it\u2019s online, you\u2019re done. You can\u2019t do anything, it\u2019s out of your control\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In 2021, Danish video game live-streamer Marie Watson received an image of herself from an unknown Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>She instantly recognised the holiday snap from her Instagram account, but something was different: Her clothing had been digitally removed to make her appear naked. It was a deepfake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt overwhelmed me so much,\u201d Watson recalled. \u201cI just started bursting out in tears, because suddenly, I was there naked\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In the four years since her experience, deepfakes \u2014 highly realistic images, videos, or audio of real people or events that are generated by artificial intelligence (AI) \u2014 have become not only easier to make worldwide but also look or sound exponentially more realistic.<\/p>\n<p>That's thanks to technological advances and the proliferation of generative AI tools, including video generation tools from OpenAI and Google.<\/p>\n<p>These tools give millions of users the ability to easily spit out content, including for nefarious purposes that range from depicting celebrities Taylor Swift and Katy Perry to disrupting elections and humiliating teens and women.<\/p>\n<h2>Copyright law<\/h2>\n<p>In response, Denmark is seeking to protect ordinary Danes, as well as performers and artists who might have their appearance or voice imitated and shared without their permission.<\/p>\n<p>A bill that's expected to pass early next year would change copyright law by imposing a ban on the sharing of deepfakes to protect citizens\u2019 personal characteristics \u2014 such as their appearance or voice \u2014 from being imitated and shared online without their consent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//06//30//denmark-fights-back-against-deepfakes-with-copyright-protection-what-other-laws-exist-in-e/">Denmark fights back against deepfakes with copyright protection. What other laws exist in Europe?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>If enacted, Danish citizens would get the copyright over their own likeness. In theory, they then would be able to demand that online platforms take down content shared without their permission. The law would still allow for parodies and satire, though it\u2019s unclear how that will be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Experts and officials say the Danish legislation would be among the most extensive steps yet taken by a government to combat misinformation through deepfakes.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Ajder, founder of consulting firm Latent Space Advisory and a leading expert in generative AI, said that he applauds the Danish government for recognising that the law needs to change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause right now, when people say \u2018what can I do to protect myself from being deepfaked?\u2019 the answer I have to give most of the time is: \u2018There isn\u2019t a huge amount you can do,\u2019\" he said, \u201cwithout me basically saying, \u2018scrub yourself from the internet entirely.\u2019 Which isn\u2019t really possible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \"We can\u2019t just pretend that this is business as usual for how we think about those key parts of our identity and our dignity\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Deepfakes and misinformation<\/h2>\n<p>US President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation in May that makes it illegal to knowingly publish or threaten to publish intimate images without a person\u2019s consent, including deepfakes.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, South Korea rolled out measures to curb deepfake porn, including harsher punishment and stepped up regulations for social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Danish Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the bill has broad support from lawmakers in Copenhagen, because such digital manipulations can stir doubts about reality and spread misinformation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//10//17//did-teenagers-wreak-havoc-in-frances-national-assembly/">Did teenagers wreak havoc in France's National Assembly? <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re able to deepfake a politician without her or him being able to have that product taken down, that will undermine our democracy,\u201d he told reporters during an AI and copyright conference in September.<\/p>\n<h2>The right balance<\/h2>\n<p>The law would apply only in Denmark, and is unlikely to involve fines or imprisonment for social media users. But big tech platforms that fail to remove deepfakes could face severe fines, Engel-Schmidt said.<\/p>\n<p>Ajder said Google-owned YouTube, for example, has a \u201cvery, very good system for getting the balance between copyright protection and freedom of creativity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The platform's efforts suggest that it recognises \u201cthe scale of the challenge that is already here and how much deeper it\u2019s going to become,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Twitch, TikTok, and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, didn't respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Engel-Schmidt said that Denmark, the current holder of the European Union's rotating presidency, had received interest in its proposed legislation from several other EU members, including France and Ireland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//09//01//is-meta-failing-to-protect-users-from-the-distribution-of-non-consensual-images/">Is Meta failing to protect users from the distribution of non-consensual images?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Intellectual property lawyer Jakob Plesner Mathiasen said that the legislation shows the widespread need to combat the online danger that's now infused into every aspect of Danish life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it definitely goes to say that the ministry wouldn\u2019t make this bill, if there hadn\u2019t been any occasion for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe're seeing it with fake news, with government elections. We are seeing it with pornography, and we\u2019re also seeing it also with famous people and also everyday people \u2014 like you and me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish Rights Alliance, which protects the rights of creative industries on the internet, supports the bill, because its director says that current copyright law doesn't go far enough.<\/p>\n<p>Danish voice actor David Bateson, for example, was at a loss when AI voice clones were shared by thousands of users online. Bateson voiced a character in the popular \u201cHitman\u201d video game, as well as Danish toymaker Lego's English advertisements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we reported this to the online platforms, they say \u2018OK, but which regulation are you referring to?\u2019\u201d said Maria Fredenslund, an attorney and the alliance\u2019s director.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//10//01//what-to-know-about-openais-new-ai-video-app-sora-that-could-rival-tiktok/"> What to know about OpenAI\u2019s new AI video app Sora that could rival TikTok<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t point to an exact regulation in Denmark\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018When it\u2019s online, you're done'<\/h2>\n<p>Watson had heard about fellow influencers who found digitally-altered images of themselves online, but never thought it might happen to her.<\/p>\n<p>Delving into a dark side of the web where faceless users sell and share deepfake imagery \u2014 often of women \u2014 she said she was shocked how easy it was to create such pictures using readily available online tools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could literally just search \u2018deepfake generator\u2019 on Google or \u2018how to make a deepfake,\u2019 and all these websites and generators would pop up,\u201d the 28-year-old Watson said.<\/p>\n<p>She is glad her government is taking action, but she isn\u2019t hopeful. She believes more pressure must be applied to social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be a thing that you can upload these types of pictures,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen it\u2019s online, you\u2019re done. You can\u2019t do anything, it\u2019s out of your control\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762418990,"updatedAt":1762422595,"publishedAt":1762421761,"firstPublishedAt":1762421761,"lastPublishedAt":1762421761,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/85\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cece6965-db35-5f0f-880b-ef03eddb7d6b-9538578.jpg","altText":"Danish video game live-streamer Marie Watson, 28, poses for a photo in her studio in Taastrup, Denmark, on Oct. 9, 2025.","caption":"Danish video game live-streamer Marie Watson, 28, poses for a photo in her studio in Taastrup, Denmark, on Oct. 9, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"James Brooks\/AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1125}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":22394,"slug":"deepfake","urlSafeValue":"deepfake","title":"deepfake","titleRaw":"deepfake"},{"id":12661,"slug":"artificial-intelligence","urlSafeValue":"artificial-intelligence","title":"Artificial intelligence","titleRaw":"Artificial intelligence"},{"id":28266,"slug":"ai","urlSafeValue":"ai","title":"AI","titleRaw":"AI"},{"id":12052,"slug":"social-media","urlSafeValue":"social-media","title":"Social Media","titleRaw":"Social Media"},{"id":17682,"slug":"misuse","urlSafeValue":"misuse","title":"abuse","titleRaw":"abuse"},{"id":26450,"slug":"big-tech","urlSafeValue":"big-tech","title":"Big Tech","titleRaw":"Big Tech"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":4}],"related":[{"id":2844470},{"id":2844522},{"id":2845953}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"Euronews","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"AP","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"tech-news","urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/tech-news\/tech-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"next","verticals":[{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"},"themes":[{"id":"tech-news","urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News","url":"\/next\/tech-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":40,"urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":70,"urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","url":"\/news\/europe\/denmark"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/next\/2025\/11\/06\/how-denmark-is-trying-to-protect-citizens-from-ai-deepfakes","lastModified":1762421761},{"id":2843816,"cid":9535929,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"NEXT EU TECH LOOP DANISH CHAT CONTROL ","daletPyramidId":3199604,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"New Danish proposal for chat control: Three fat problems remain","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"New Danish proposal for chat control: Three fat problems remain","titleListing2":"New Danish proposal for chat control: three fat problems remain","leadin":"Denmark\u2019s update to the EU \u201cchat control\u201d plan shifts to \u201cvoluntary\u201d scanning, but ex-MEP Patrick Breyer warns it still sidesteps Parliament\u2019s court-order safeguard, would ban under-16s from messaging apps, and could effectively end anonymous communication.","summary":"Denmark\u2019s update to the EU \u201cchat control\u201d plan shifts to \u201cvoluntary\u201d scanning, but ex-MEP Patrick Breyer warns it still sidesteps Parliament\u2019s court-order safeguard, would ban under-16s from messaging apps, and could effectively end anonymous communication.","keySentence":"","url":"new-danish-proposal-for-chat-control-three-fat-problems-remain","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/11\/05\/new-danish-proposal-for-chat-control-three-fat-problems-remain","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"One of the key fighters for European\u2019s privacy - a former MEP, Patrick Breyer wrote last Thursday that Denmark has updated the European Union\u2019s chat control proposal, opting to mandate a voluntary search for sensitive material in private chats, instead of general monitoring.\n\n\u201cInstead of mandating the general monitoring of private chats (\u201cdetection orders\u201d), the searches would remain voluntary for providers to implement or not, as is the status quo,\u201d he said.\n\nBreyer further writes that three major problems remain unsolved: the proposal still does not follow the European Parliament\u2019s position that only courts can decide to access communication channels; it still bans children from downloading messaging apps; and, lastly, anonymous communication is effectively outlawed.\n\nEuropean Parliament\u2019s proposal is disregarded\n\nPatrick Breyer writes that the current Danish proposal does not follow the European Parliament\u2019s (EP) position to allow scanning of communications only by court order.\n\nThe EP\u2019s proposal is a fundamental safeguard for Europeans\u2019 privacy of communications and sets a standard that cannot later be changed by extra pressure from EU institutions, such as the famous \u201cVoluntary Codes of Practice\/Conduct\u201d we\u2019ve seen for general-purpose AI and disinformation.\n\n\u201cVoluntary\u201d in Europe often isn\u2019t: opting out of a \u201cvoluntary code\u201d can mean stricter treatment, nudging tech firms toward de facto mandatory scanning without explicitly regulating it.\n\nNo messaging apps for teenagers?\n\nSecond, Patrick Breyer writes that the current proposal\u2019s Article 6 would bar under-16s from installing messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat, X, and others, allegedly to \u201cprotect them from grooming\u201d.\n\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s experience under the Online Safety Act shows how easily teenagers circumvent such rules using VPNs and other tools. This would persist unless VPN use were tightly regulated too - an alarming prospect in itself.\n\nNo more anonymous chats\n\nPatrick Breyer also writes that the Danish proposal\u2019s Article 4(3) would effectively ban anonymous email and messenger accounts, as well as anonymous chatting:\n\n\u201cThey would need to present an ID or their face, making them identifiable and risking data leaks\u201d.\n\nThis alone should alarm journalists and civil society organisations that rely on private communication with whistleblowers.\n\nThis article was originally published on EU Tech Loop and has been published on Euronews as part of an agreement. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>One of the key fighters for European\u2019s privacy - a former MEP, Patrick Breyer <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.patrick-breyer.de//en//half-good-new-danish-chat-control-proposal//?ref=eutechloop.com\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> last Thursday that Denmark has updated the European Union\u2019s chat control proposal, opting to mandate a voluntary search for sensitive material in private chats, instead of general monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of mandating the general monitoring of private chats (\u201cdetection orders\u201d), the searches would remain voluntary for providers to implement or not, as is the status quo,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Breyer further writes that three major problems remain unsolved: the proposal still does not follow the European Parliament\u2019s position that only courts can decide to access communication channels; it still bans children from downloading messaging apps; and, lastly, anonymous communication is effectively outlawed.<\/p>\n<h2>European Parliament\u2019s proposal is disregarded<\/h2>\n<p>Patrick Breyer writes that the current Danish proposal does not follow the European Parliament\u2019s (EP) position to allow scanning of communications only by court order.<\/p>\n<p>The EP\u2019s proposal is a fundamental safeguard for Europeans\u2019 privacy of communications and sets a standard that cannot later be changed by extra pressure from EU institutions, such as the famous \u201cVoluntary Codes of Practice\/Conduct\u201d we\u2019ve seen for general-purpose AI and disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoluntary\u201d in Europe often isn\u2019t: opting out of a \u201cvoluntary code\u201d can mean stricter treatment, nudging tech firms toward de facto mandatory scanning without explicitly regulating it.<\/p>\n<h2>No messaging apps for teenagers?<\/h2>\n<p>Second, Patrick Breyer writes that the current proposal\u2019s Article 6 would bar under-16s from installing messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat, X, and others, allegedly to \u201cprotect them from grooming_\u201d._<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom\u2019s experience under the Online Safety Act shows how easily teenagers circumvent such rules using VPNs and other tools. This would persist unless VPN use were tightly regulated too - an alarming prospect in itself.<\/p>\n<h2>No more anonymous chats<\/h2>\n<p>Patrick Breyer also writes that the Danish proposal\u2019s Article 4(3) would effectively ban anonymous email and messenger accounts, as well as anonymous chatting:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would need to present an ID or their face, making them identifiable and risking data leaks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This alone should alarm journalists and civil society organisations that rely on private communication with whistleblowers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This article was originally published on<\/em><\/strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////eutechloop.com//new-danish-proposal-for-chat-control///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong><em>EU Tech Loop<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <strong><em>and has been published on Euronews as part of an agreement. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762250105,"updatedAt":1762763862,"publishedAt":1762322511,"firstPublishedAt":1762322511,"lastPublishedAt":1762763862,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/59\/29\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8f1d3c86-d4da-5a7c-bd0f-b25484620eda-9535929.jpg","altText":"Denmark\u2019s update to the EU \u201cchat control\u201d plan shifts to \u201cvoluntary\u201d scanning, but ex-MEP Patrick Breyer warns it still sidesteps Parliament\u2019s court-order safeguard","caption":"Denmark\u2019s update to the EU \u201cchat control\u201d plan shifts to \u201cvoluntary\u201d scanning, but ex-MEP Patrick Breyer warns it still sidesteps Parliament\u2019s court-order safeguard","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva ","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":389,"slug":"technology","urlSafeValue":"technology","title":"Technology","titleRaw":"Technology"},{"id":12052,"slug":"social-media","urlSafeValue":"social-media","title":"Social Media","titleRaw":"Social Media"},{"id":70,"slug":"denmark","urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","titleRaw":"Denmark"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Ya\u00ebl Ossowski, EU Tech Loop with Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"tech-news","urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/tech-news\/tech-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"next","verticals":[{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"},"themes":[{"id":"tech-news","urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News","url":"\/next\/tech-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":40,"urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":70,"urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","url":"\/news\/europe\/denmark"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/next\/2025\/11\/05\/new-danish-proposal-for-chat-control-three-fat-problems-remain","lastModified":1762763862}]">
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