| Albuquerque Interview | The EU should consider moving forward with a "coalition of the willing" on a capital markets union rather than wait for all 27 members to agree on it, Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luis Albuquerque told us in an interview. Her comments mark a significant departure from the EU's all-or-nothing approach and come after a decade-old deadlock over the issue. Greenland Rejection | Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose joining the US, despite Trump's claims to the contrary, according to a poll. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO chief Mark Rutte yesterday to rally support in the face of the US president's threats of appropriating the Danish realm. Maximum Pressure | EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed on the need to keep maximum pressure on Russia to move toward a just and sustainable peace in Ukraine, we're told. They also discussed EU-US cooperation and China during their phone conversation yesterday. We've also learned the EU is proposing a phased ban on imports of Russian aluminum as part of a broad sanctions package ahead of the third anniversary of the Kremlin's invasion. Space Race | The EU will set up an aggregation platform for space launch services in the next two years as it tries to boost its competitiveness in space. The bloc, which had been relying on Elon Musk's SpaceX for several months to launch satellites, has only recently regained autonomous access to space. Google Rage | Google accused EU antitrust watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record €4.3 billion fine for allegedly abusing the market power of its Android mobile-phone ecosystem. Here's what they don't like. | 
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