2026-01-28
19 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Rosie Bloor.
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
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First up, though.
This European political leader is speaking of how astonished he is that those who claim to be the most vigilant against foreign interference are engaged in blatant interference with the affairs of a nation state.
He says President Trump was returning to the Monroe Doctrine and acting in the economic interests of an American oil company.
Sophie Pedder is our Paris bureau chief.
On Greenland,
he said Trump's recent claims constitute a real danger to the sovereignty of a European state.
You might expect such strong words from a European liberal Democrat,
but I was sitting in Paris listening to Jordan Bardella,
head of France's populist right national rally.