EU to hold emergency meeting on Trump's tariffs over Greenland

 European Parliament members and U.S. lawmakers blasted a plan to hit eight countries with new duties

The European Union will hold an emergency meeting of its ambassadors in Brussels on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would hit eight member countries with tariffs until a deal is struck to allow the United States to purchase Greenland, a spokesperson for the Cyprus Presidency of the EU Council confirms to NBC News.

Members of the European Parliament and some American lawmakers were among the political leaders who expressed their opposition to the tariff threats Saturday, and to Trump's goal of bringing the Danish territory under U.S. control.

“The measures against NATO allies announced today will not help in ensuring security in the Arctic," wrote Roberta Metsola of Malta, who serves as president of the European Parliament, in a post on X. "They risk the opposite, emboldening our joint enemies and those who wish to destroy our common values and way of life."

She added, “Greenland and Denmark have both made clear: Greenland is not for sale and its sovereignty and territorial integrity needs to be respected. No threat of tariffs can or will change that fact."

Kaja Kallas of Estonia, the vice president of the European Commission and the EU's chief diplomat, said that China and Russia “must be having a field day” with Trump’s announcement, saying they are the only ones who stand to gain from "divisions among Allies."

“If Greenland’s security is at risk, we can address this inside NATO,” Kallas wrote on X. “Tariffs risk making Europe and the United States poorer and undermine our shared prosperity.”

 until a deal is reached for the U.S. to buy Greenland.