Impact of the Northwood declaration on European Security
Impact of the Northwood declaration on European Security
IMPACT OF THE NORTHWOOD DECLARATION on European Security
#Note: Considering the recent developments In Greenland, I thought of revisiting the Northwood declaration by UK & France( July 2025), regarding a common European Nuclear Umbrella. According to this analysis, it's as if this situation was foreseen, as you can see below.
"The Mutual Security Commitment: The declaration explicitly states that the UK and France do not foresee any situation where the vital interests of one could be threatened without the other’s vital interests also being at risk. Any extreme threat to Europe would prompt a joint response from both nations.(..)
You could even argue it’s directed right at Trump’s America. It’s basically saying, we get you don’t want to take part in this but we’re not letting you undermine us, we’ll stand alone. It is not something that should be ignored or discarded as mere rhetoric. This is the two democratic European nuclear powers committing to the defense of their mutual interests regardless. Making it clear that nuclear blackmail isn’t ever going to be an option for our enemies.(..)"