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Greenland’s PM Declares Independence Push Amid Trump’s Desire to Buy Danish Dependency
Greenland’s PM Declares Independence Push Amid Trump’s Desire to Buy Danish Dependency
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Greenland's strategic significance and economic importance took center stage following President-elect Donald Trump's 'quiet part out loud' comments online last month declaring the need for the United States to take control of the vast Arctic island.
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It's time for Greenlanders to “take a step and reshape our future,” including “who our trading partners will be,” Prime Minister Mute Egede said in a New Year’s address in which he reiterated his government's intention to pursue independence from Denmark.Greenlanders are set to go to the polls for parliamentary elections in April, although a referendum is currently not on the agenda. A plebiscite on the island’s status was made possible in 2008 after a referendum on self-government, which was overwhelmingly approved.Egede’s pro-independence democratic socialist Inuit Ataqatigiit party has 12 seats in Greenland’s 31-seat parliament, governing in a coalition together with Siumut, a social democratic party which also supports independence, and has 10 seats.Polling suggests as many as two in three Greenlanders support independence from Denmark, with grievances ranging from economic disparities to general disaffection with the Danish government and monarchy, with pro-independence sentiments buoyed by potential large-scale reserves of rare earth minerals, the mining of which has been made possible by climate change.Egede’s address comes less than two weeks after a contentious social media post by President-elect declaring the “absolute necessity” of US ownership and control of Greenland “for the purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world.”Egede's response to Trump was that the island is not for sale “and will never be for sale.”Trump first floated purchasing Greenland from Denmark in 2019, with the proposal met with widespread disbelief and derision at the time. This time, he's added control of the Panama Canal, and potentially Canada, to his wishlist.
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Greenland’s PM Declares Independence Push Amid Trump’s Desire to Buy Danish Dependency
19:06 GMT 03.01.2025 (Updated: 19:12 GMT 03.01.2025) Greenland's strategic significance and economic importance took center stage following President-elect Donald Trump's 'quiet part out loud' comments online last month declaring the need for the United States to take control of the vast Arctic island.
It's time for Greenlanders to “take a step and reshape our future,” including “who our trading partners will be,” Prime Minister Mute Egede
said in a New Year’s address in which he reiterated his government's intention to pursue independence from Denmark.
“History and current conditions have shown that our cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark has not succeeded in creating full equality,” Egede said, characterizing the current relationship with Copenhagen as weighed by the “shackles of colonialism,” and hinting at the need for a referendum on the island’s future.
Greenlanders are set to go to the polls for parliamentary elections in April, although a referendum is currently not on the agenda. A plebiscite on the island’s status was made possible in 2008 after a referendum on self-government, which was overwhelmingly approved.
Egede’s pro-independence democratic socialist Inuit Ataqatigiit party has 12 seats in Greenland’s 31-seat parliament, governing in a coalition together with Siumut, a social democratic party which also supports independence, and has 10 seats.
Polling suggests as many as two in three Greenlanders support independence from Denmark, with grievances ranging from economic disparities to general disaffection with the Danish government and monarchy, with pro-independence sentiments buoyed by potential large-scale reserves of rare earth minerals, the mining of which has been made possible by climate change.
25 December 2024, 16:00 GMT
Egede’s address comes less than two weeks after a contentious social media
post by President-elect declaring the “absolute necessity” of US ownership and control of Greenland “for the purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world.”
Egede's response to Trump was that the island is not for sale “and will never be for sale.”
Trump first floated purchasing Greenland from Denmark in 2019, with the proposal
met with widespread disbelief and derision at the time. This time, he's added control of the Panama Canal, and potentially Canada, to his wishlist.
23 December 2024, 13:47 GMT
