Greenland’s opposition Liberal Party Democrats won in Tuesday’s parliamentary elections in this autonomous Denmarkin which she defeated the existing left -wing coalition. The vote was closely watched in view of the statements of US President Donald Trump, who would like to join the USA of the world’s largest island. According to Reuters report, TASR reports this.
Democrats, who support slow access to gaining independence from Denmark, received 29.9 percent of the vote. The second ended with a 24.5 percent profit of another opposition party Naleraq, which pursues rapid independence.
“People want a change … We want more business to finance our well -being,” said the leader of the Democrats Party Jens-Frederik Nielsen. “We don’t want independence tomorrow, we want a good foundation,” He stressed Nielsen, who will now have the opportunity to create a government coalition.
The slower path to independence is also supported by the part of the current Inuit Coalition Ataqatigiit (Inuit community) and Siumut (forward), which won a total of 36 percent of the votes. In the last elections in 2021 they had 66.1 percent.
Voices in the elections to 31-member single-chamber parliament (Inatsisartut) could hand over approximately 40,500 voters. The participation data has not yet been available. Greenland, which has only 57,000 inhabitants, found itself in a geopolitical struggle for the Arctic, where warming increases the accessibility of natural resources and opens up new transport routes. Russia and China have intensified their activities in the region, approaching Reuters.
Trump started to say that before January’s return to the White House that The US should take control of Greenland. The island is important for US security. Greenland, which aspires independence from Denmark, is of important geostrategic importance and the United States has a military base there.
Trump initially refused to exclude military power to gain the island, which worried many Greenans. He later alleviated his attitude and declared that he would respect the will of the locals, but is ready to invest “billions of dollars” if the joining the United States.
The US demands on this territory reject both Greenski and Danish politicians, According to a public opinion poll, there would be only a small minority of the population for such a change.
