German media outlets Süddeutsche Zeitung, WDR, and NDR also cite the report, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears intent on testing NATO’s Article 5 guarantees. The alliance’s mutual defence clause obliges member states to come to one another’s aid if attacked. The assessment suggests Putin may seek to challenge how seriously that commitment would be honoured.
Maybe. There’s no guarantee that every European nation would be on board with sanctioning the US in this scenario.
The Netherlands (where I believe they have the only manufacturing base of the machines that make advanced chips) might decide that it’s not in their best interest to cut the US off.
Anyways I hope this Greenland shenanigans dies on the vine and my silly scenario never comes to pass.
Yes ASML is only in netherlands. Nothing else on earth produces EUV lithography machines of that scale. It’s a single monopoly
Also netherlands & Hungary definitely won’t sanction usa, they love trump
No, they don’t. But nevertheless, they make the machines and money is more worth than not selling it to exactly everyone