Election day in Greenland – and it works very differently than in our wide -grabs. Until just before the mood, the Inuit population with songs sounds through the parties. The candidates are served as small bribes and butter bread – and grilled fish.
After Blizzards, who have taken every step for the effort, minus 15 degrees Celsius and acute black ice in the weekend, the Arctic weather shows its most beautiful side on Tuesday. The snowweeds that have been piled up in recent days melt away with light plus degrees in time. No Wolwolken De Poolhemel, the sun makes the floating icebergs in the fjord shine in the fjord in the glacier blue that otherwise only known from brochures. Accordingly, the turnout will probably fail.
What is the choice? No less than about the right of self -determination on the largest island in the world, which officially belongs to Denmark, but claimed the most recently Donald Trump. No wonder, Greenland is of the highest geopolitical interest in the light of his situation between the Nucrared Russia and the United States, and the occurrence of huge reserves of mineral resources such as gold, zinc and rare earth contributes to this.
“A few months ago”, a pensioner with Prada glasses, was summarized, “Nobody should have found Greenland on the map, now we are central to the global interest. That should be good for us. After all, we have a lot to offer. But we finally want our independence!”
The parties also have extensive unity. The prevailing left party of Prime Minister Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Eggede called Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) does not want to hurry and maintain close relationships with Denmark. The Social -Democrats of Siumut are currently the smaller coalition partner of the Chancellor. You have recently placed a political U-turn and now want to make a referendum of independence in the upcoming legislative period. That can give them votes.
The Naleraq -Nationalists want to break better with Copenhagen today than tomorrow and must also grow. They are considered relatively America-friendly and can also imagine a defense contract with the United States. They don’t want to see each other like a colony of Trump.
An unofficial election day investigation suggests that Egiers must keep first place despite losses. He is young, pragmatic and the majority of the population knows that the country would go through the glacier stream without the support of Denmark. Recently the head of the government was able to compete with a flaming speech on the TV confrontation in the local high school-de “Kroon” was on site. In times of crisis you usually collect yourself behind the head of the government. The fact that he regularly appears on CNN and FOX News should not harm him either.
In the only pub in Nuuk
The media hype is something like that anyway. In normal times, regional elections north of the polar circle attract everyone from the Iglu. Everything has been different since the annexation announcements of Trump. Reporters of the major American networks have arrived, as well as the international news agencies of Reuters and AP. An estimated 100 journalists are currently on site. During the day, the television colleagues fight for the best camera positions and the most interesting interview partners. In the evening you will meet in the only pub of Nuuk, in the “Daddys”, on one or the other beer and let the dear God be a good man. This is also the Arctic …
In the meantime, the human snakes on the steep and still white KissarneqortuaQppad are getting longer and longer. There are two polling stations in this suburb of Nuuk: one thing is in the Godthåbhalle, which is used as a training center by the Local Ice Hockey Association, the other in the Groene Wooden Church, which has now been converted into a home history museum. In between, the parties with a high breakdown have set up, from which music sounds and butter bread or grilled fish are offered. As you know, love goes through the stomach …
Before the first polling station is closed, Prime Minister Eggede also appears personally. He wears a goretex in general in the fireplace red party color, Drussels IA fans and wants to drive the last undecided to the urn. He also takes a short time for the “Kroon”. He poses for a photo and is optimistic about the output, while his assistants offer him initial results of remote Eskimo-Enlaves, some of which have to be supplied with dog sleds because there are no streets between the places.
However, valid data may only be available after midnight Austrian times, even if the first projections of the capital Nuuk also perform. So it remains exciting in the Arctic!
Source: Krone
I am Ida Scott, a journalist and content author with a passion for uncovering the truth. I have been writing professionally for Today Times Live since 2020 and specialize in political news. My career began when I was just 17; I had already developed a knack for research and an eye for detail which made me stand out from my peers.
