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The EU shouldn't come to the protection of countries that actively reject them then (this includes Greenland who left in 1983).
greenland isn't a country
Still left the European Community in 1983. No amount of downvoting changes this fact.
That's true - but Greenland's defense is managed by Denmark, who is indeed a member of the EU, so your argument doesn't really hold.
Go ask Denmark then, not other EU countries when Trump comes for you, Greenland.
They are. It was Denmark who asked other EU countries to help.
Under the current rules, the Greenland premier isn't even allowed to talk to foreign leaders without a Danish representative present.
In a sense, Greenland has no foreign relations beyond those mediated by Denmark.
What did Greenland do to piss you off?
And our tax money shouldn't go to Greenland's defense. Become member and contribute.
What tax money? Greenland's defense is funded by Denmark. If your country uses its military to aid Denmark and Greenland that's not Greenland's or EU's fault, that's a decision made by your government.
Not if Denmark demands help from other EU nations to defend their non-EU territory that made the conscious decision to leave us.
Denmark demands nothing, where are you getting that from?
Any troops or military aid sent to Greenland were sent freely and independently by individual states.
What exactly do you think has happened?
I oppose "freely sent help" to a country/territory that opposes us in the EU. They left the EC in 1983. That's a fact.
Yes
Fair. But how is it Greenland's or Denmark's or anyone's fault if e.g. France voluntarily sends support? Isn't that France's own fault?
Yes. So? Greenland and Iceland shouldn't get any. Everything offered should go to Ukraine who actually want to become EU member.
Iceland is part of EEA, so it hasn't really rejected EU I'd say, they just don't want to talk about giving up sovereignty.
It doesn't. EU doesn't even protect its members. EU doesn't have any army or common defense policy. Maybe you're confusing it with NATO?
yes it does, look up Article 42.7 TEU
" This assistance can, for example, range from diplomatic support and technical or medical assistance to civilian or military aid, among others."
So it's "assistance", not "defense" mechanism. Each member can decide what type of assistance they will provide but they are not mandated to "protect" anyone. That's what NATO is for.
The EU article is even stronger. NATO Article 5 says
"deeming necessary" can be anything, really.
The EU one states
Having an "obligation" and being obligated to use "all the means in their power" is stronger than the "deeming necessary" of the NATO.
You're actually right, EU does have common defence policy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy
It's funny because I was reading a report on EU defense preparedness the other day (https://fundacionalternativas.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/INFORME_DEFENSA_2026.pdf) and it was describing how UK, France and Germany never agreed on how to respond to wars in the Balkans, Iraq and Syria (some countries wanted to intervene and some didn't, depending on their internal politics). In the most important cases EU was never able to present a common front and respond cohesively. But yes, technically EU is able to conduct military missions and it did in some cases.
It does, the Common Security and Defense Policy.