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Thank you. Thank you, Mehdi.

Then we'll take a couple of questions first.

KNR, the, Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation,

The government of Greenland has suggested in the proposal for the new Arctic strategy in the EU to lift the general ban on sealskin products.

We also see that the, one of the American oil companies up here is talking about sealskin diplomacy.

How does the future look for sealskin products from Greenland in the EU?

Look, the Arctic strategy that you mentioned is the broader approach, and it's not connected to bilateral issues that we have to clarify,

but it's a broader approach basically is the attitude that the Arctic is no longer a distant north,

but we want to describe.

The Arctic strategy with our northern neighborhood so close to us with a lot of influence from us to the northern neighborhood but also vice versa,

the whereabouts of the northern neighborhood will have an enormous impact also of the European Union and Greenland is at the core of it.

I mentioned some of the topics that will play a big role in the Arctic strategy, for example, the topic of connectivity,

certainly the topic of security with closer cooperation, but at the center of it for sure, people and prosperity.

These are the overarching topics of the Arctic strategy that we have. Thank you. I'm not, I'm not from some.

President von Leyen, how will this agreement benefit Greenlanders, and can you give an example?

I think the best example is today TSA, we were there, it's satellites and we boost the satellite capacity, that's technical,

but the effect for people is as of tomorrow,

northern remote communities of Greenland will have faster and better access to internet.

And you know how much this is important for them.

The same goes in this project for the eastern communities in the fall, as of October,

they will also have the experience thanks to the project that we started today or that we signed today to have faster and better access to the internet,

but of course in general. It's about good jobs.

We also agreed that we want to work closer together on housing, for example, the remodeling and renovating houses,

the sustainable tourism we have spoken about,

and then the big topics like critical raw materials we have just described in our statement.

Important is more prosperity, better jobs, better access, better connection to the rest of the world. Thank you. It was. Cecil from the Danish Broadcasting Federation.

It's been a dramatic year and a half for Greenland.

Could you put a few more words to the timing of this Greenland and EU moving closer together, please?

Yeah, as we have repeated a few times, I was here for the first time, me personally in 2024. And I remember.

At the Hans Egede House we we signed the first MOU, which was a declaration.

What we've done then is intensively worked out this whole range of projects.

I opened the first office of the European Union, so for the first time the European Union was here or is here 24/7,

always accessible and working very closely with the community here.

And it took us these 2 years to develop all these, these different projects that we have been speaking about, now we're ready to implement them,

so this is determining the time frame, of course,

the geopolitical developments play a role in the topics and the width and depth of the topics that we are handling.

But I really want to thank again for the excellent cooperation because without Greenland's input it would not have been possible to stand here today and to say, we can start this project, we have another project in the pipeline, and I hope in,

2 years the latest I'll be back and I can say look that happened with this project and here we were successful with another one,

so the timing is also very much dependent on the hard work the teams are doing on the ground to have it effective. It's OK, thank you. This Thank you, Andrew Gray from Reuters. A question for all three leaders.

Are you concerned, concerned at all about how US President Donald Trump may react to these announcements and agreements,

and that that could in turn then once again raise tensions over Greenland, and what message do you think he should take from them?

And then a second more general European political question, given the election victory of the AFD in Saxony-Anhalt,

yesterday and the high poll numbers for Eurosceptic parties in many European countries,

is it time for the EU to change course politically?

And that's a question particularly for Commission President von der Leyen, but, I'd welcome thoughts of the other leaders as well.

Well, as you know, the Kingdom of Denmark is a sovereign state, and we are a member of the European Union and we are a member of NATO. We have been under pressure.

It has been very clear, and we are very thankful for the great support we have received from our European partners,

but by the way, also globally. And I think it is.

There are two really important milestones that we have received or been able to conclude on,

and that is, first of all, now a stronger partnership between Greenland and the European Union.

I mean, has been working on this for quite a long time.

And the most important thing about this is also the concrete results that we will be able to show people that politics can make a difference.

We know that we work more slowly than others,

but in people's concrete life there will now be a positive change. And then on security, I mean.

Yesterday we were visiting one of our vessels, one of our military vessels,

and we saw with our own eyes how many allies that are now training,

doing exercises in the Arctic region also surrounding Greenland. It is extremely important.

So we would like to work closely together with the US on security and defense,

but we of course would also like to work even closer together with our European allies, and that is exactly what we are doing in the Arctic region.

Basically I can only reflect that Greenland stood firm and stands firm under enormous pressure and united with you,

and Europe is firm and united with you too.

This is the basic message and in general there is, as you know,

a golden rule in the Commission never to comment national elections and thus also not regional elections.

Thank you, and I think that was it for today's press conference. Thank you all for being here.

Thank you, my friend. Good, thanks a lot.

Thank you. Thank you, my dear. Thank you.