Demokraatit, a liberal party that advocates the independence of the kingdom of Denmark, although not in the short term, with 30% of the votes. With more than 95% of the votes scrutinized, the list led by Jens-Frederik Nielsen, a 33-year-old Bádminton player, has surprised these elections by reaping more than triple the support obtained four years ago. The second most voted force (25%) has been Naleraq, a populist and radically independence formation that defends the self -determination process as soon as possible. The two parties in the current government coalition, the leftist Inuit Ataqatigiit and the social democrat siumut, have collapsed by losing almost half of their seats.
The parliamentary elections on Tuesday on the largest island on the planet, which have generated unprecedented international media attention, have been deeply marked by threats of enormous geostrategic value, immense natural resources and only 57,000 inhabitants.
Five of the six parties that attended the elections are supporters of the secession of the Danish kingdom. The main differences lie in when and how to start the break with Denmark. The Statute of Autonomy, approved in a referendum in 2009, contemplates the right to self -determination. If a majority of Inatsisartut (Greenlandic Parliament) vote in favor of activating the independence process, first we would have to reach an agreement with Copenhagen on what separation would be like; Then, the Greenlanders would have to approve it in a referendum; and, finally, approval in the Danish Parliament would be necessary.
Demokraatit (the Democrats) defends that Greenland becomes an independent state and a new UN member, but does not set a date and considers that you still have to take many steps before launching the self -determination process. The island – 50 times larger than continental Denmark and with more than 80% of the area covered by an ice layer – depends economically on Copenhagen, which sends an annual subsidy equivalent to more than 500 million euros that represents around half of the Groenlandic public budget. The winning party of the elections argues that for the economy of an independent Greenland to be viable before, mining should develop – there are only two active mines – the extraction of hydrocarbons, or tourism.
Naleraq, a formation that defends the immediate rupture of all links with Denmark, and that during the electoral campaign has advocated the signing of a free association treaty with the United States in exchange for economic support and security, has added 24.5% of the votes, the double that four years ago. The training led by Pele Bobberg, a businessman and aviation pilot, has lavished the scrutiny comfortably for much of the morning. He has devastated many of the smallest settlements, but has obtained much more modest results in Nuuk, the capital, and in the rest of the main populations.
Inuit Ataqatigiit, the environmental and leftist party of the Greenlands Prime years. Things on Tuesday have been the first parliamentary elections that have not won siumut or Inuit Atqatigiit, the only two formations that have led governments in the gigantic Arctic Island.
Atassut, the only Groenlandic party in favor of maintaining the union with Denmark, has been in fifth with 7% of the votes, a result very similar to that of 2021.
when he joined the kingdom of Denmark. The island, geographically part of North America, became an autonomous territory of the Nordic country after the celebration of a referendum in 1979, and its powers were remarkably expanded in 2009, although defense, foreign policy or monetary still depend entirely on the Scandinavian country.
