12 EU Member States Urge More Strategic Role in European Arctic

Reuters

EU officials.

The European Union should adopt a more strategic and proactive role in the European Arctic, 12 member states, including Germany, France and the Netherlands, said in a joint statement on Monday.

Finland, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden called on the union to commit to strengthening its ‌Arctic ⁠engagement "with adequate resources and in line with evolving geopolitical realities."

"We agree that the EU needs to ⁠step up its action to promote stability, sustainable development and prosperity while ⁠safeguarding its interests," they said after a meeting of ⁠the countries' leaders in Rovaniemi in northern Finland.




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