Trump wants to buy Greenland? Just join the EU

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a Greenlander or a Danish. I'm Italian. That's why I could have a very biased view, and I'm making this post mostly to learn. I'll put some arguments below, but I mostly want to hear your opinion (the title is a provocation)

We live in a dangerous world. The Arctic region will get hotter and hotter (metaphorically and literally), attracting wanted and unwanted eyes. Trump's (not-so-)goliardic declarations are just the tip of the iceberg. Last year, Russia asked for resource rights and claimed the North Pole area. China declared itself a quasi-artic nation.

There is another actor: The European Union (and ofc Danemark). EU has not been quite interested in the artics in the past and only recently has started deepening its relation with Greenland. Last March an investment package of 94 million euros was announced and cuples of days ago an agreement on fisheries and annual financial support (20 mln euros).

EU is far from perfect, and the relations between our continent and Greenlanders have not always been easy (it's a topic I don't know a lot about, so if you wanna give me your opinion on this, I would be grateful). However, the membership would come with some perks:

  1. Security and the stability of being part of a large club (linked to the first paragraph)
  2. Investment. I know that is difficult to make Greenland financially independent. EU comes with different varieties of aid packages for member state regions in need. You wouldn't qualify for all of them, you would be a big net recipient for sure (GNI saves you)... like The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Being an outermost region the treatment would be even more kind. I'll make an example with the current outermost regions: Azzorres and Canary Islands have received almost 1.6 billion euros each under the last framework, French Guyana received almost 600 mln euros...
  3. Representativeness. You would get seats at the European Parliament and at the council (by Denmark or by yourself if you ever decide to be independent). In a big world, pooling our political resources makes sure our voices are heard. Not even Italy alone would be able to make herself respected.

Even Iceland is thinking of joining (they had the same concern about fishing rights and resources as Greenland and Norway...).

What do you think? What are your main concerns? Do you see it happening or I'm talking nonsense?