President Donald Trump expressedThis Thursday his confidence that Greenland is attached to the United States.
“I think it will happen,” he told reporters during a meeting at the Oval Office.
The demokraatit party, of the pro -business opposition of Greenland, qHe wants a slow approach to the independence of Denmark, won the parliamentary elections on Tuesday.
Trump said the elections were good For the United States. Denmark has said that Greenland is not for sale.
This was the last elections
As mentioned, the Demokraatit party, of the pro -business opposition of Greenland, in favor of a slow approach towards the independence of Denmark, won the parliamentary elections on Tuesday, which were Dominated by the promise of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to take control of the island.
Demokraatit obtained 29.9% of the votes with all the ballots scrutinized, compared to 9.1% of 2021, ahead of the Naleraq opposition party, supporter of rapid independence, with 24.5%.
Since his inauguration in January, Donald Trump has promised to convert Greenland – a semi -autonomous territory of Denmark – in part in the United States, claiming that it is vital For US security interests, an idea rejected by most Greenlandes.
The immense island, of just 57,000 inhabitants, It has been involved in a geopolitical race due to the domain of the Arctic, where the thaw of polar caps is making its resources more accessible and opening new maritime routes. Both Russia and China have intensified their military activity in the region. “People want a change. (…) We want more companies that finance our well-being,” said Jens-Frederik Nielsen, leader of Demokraatit and former Minister of Industry and Minerals.
“We don’t want independence tomorrow, we want a good base,” Nielsen told the press in Nuuk. Now he will hold conversations with other parties to try to form a coalition of government.
The Inuit Atqatigiit ruling party and its partner Siumut, who also look for a slow path to independence, jointly obtained 36% of the votes, compared to 66.1% of 2021. “We respect the result of the elections,” said Prime Minister, Mute Egede, of the Inuit Ataqatigiit, in a Facebook publication, adding that you would listen to any proposal in the next coalition conversations. Greenland is an ancient Danish and territory colony since 1953.
He obtained some autonomy in 1979, when his first parliament was established, but Copenhagen continues to control foreign affairs, defense and monetary policy and contributes a little less than 1,000 million dollars annually to the economy.
In 2009, the right to declare full independence through Referendum, although it has not done so that the standard of living would descend without the economic support of Denmark.
