US secretary of state Marco Rubio at a G7 foreign ministers' meeting outside Paris on Friday. “He wanted to invade a country of the European Union, Greenland, not so long ago,” Nicolas Richoux said on a French television panel. US secretary of state Marco Rubio with European leaders at a G7 foreign ministers meeting outside Paris. Coming just as prices had begun to stabilise, it could not be less welcome for European leaders. The US can never again be seen in Europe as a “friendly hegemon”, Steinmeier said.
Source: The Irish Times March 27, 2026 23:55 UTC