The European Union will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, responding to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking over Greenland.

France warned President-elect Donald Trump to back off from threats to the European Union’s “sovereign borders” Wednesday, a day after he declined to rule out using military force to take Greenland. “There is no question of the EU letting other nations in the world—whoever they might be—attack its sovereign borders,

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Wednesday that the European Union must defend itself better against attacks on its sovereign borders, following US President-elect Donald Trump's comments about taking Greenland.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the European Union (EU) will stand firm in its alliance in the face of repeated comments from President-elect Trump about the U.S. acquiring Greenland from Denmark.

Trump has expressed renewed interest in the U.S. taking control of Greenland, going so far as to refusing to rule out military intervention.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the EU would not allow other nations to attack its "sovereign borders."

France has said the European Union will not allow other nations to attack its "sovereign borders", after US President-Elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using military force to seize Greenland. On Tuesday,

Scholz did not mention Trump by name but said that he and other leaders discussed “a certain level of incomprehension” that came from the statements made by the U.S. The comments from the German chancellor come less than a century after his country invaded most of Europe and started World War II.