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.

The EU will not allow other countries to attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using military action to seize Greenland.

France and Germany have warned Donald Trump that the EU will not tolerate the US invading Greenland. The president-elect floated the idea of the US taking over the autonomous Danish territory in a lengthy press conference at Mar-a-Lago in which he refused to rule out military action to achieve his goal.