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By deploying troops to Greenland in response to Donald Trump’s annexation threats, European states draw an unprecedented red line against Washington, signalling that the era of automatic deference in the transatlantic relationship may be coming to an end.

The US-led operation in Caracas on January 3, 2026, resulting in the capture and removal of President Nicolás Maduro, is more than a Latin American crisis. It is a geopolitical earthquake that exposes a core truth: sovereignty is disposable when it obstructs a superpower’s interests.

Against the backdrop of a geopolitical shift and theconflict in Ukraine, France and the EU as a whole are moving from liberal confidence towards defensive and increasingly authoritarian self-restraint.