The two opposition parties (the Democrats and Naleraq) are the most voted and therefore those who have the most seats in the new Parliament of Greenlands will. Both are in favor of the independence of Denmark, but they have differences in the rhythm of change.
Democrats, Liberal Political Party supports a gradual independence of Denmarkhas won the legislative elections in Greenland by 29.9 percent of the votes, according to provisional results published by the electoral committee after completing the investigation.
This political formation, which gave the surprise during the election day, has improved the results by 20.9 percent compared to that of 2021. Secondly, there are radical independence, Naleraq populists, by 24.5 percent of the votes (with an increase of 12.5 percent compared to the last elections).
In this way the two opposition parties (the Democrats and Naleraq) have been the most voted and therefore those who will have the most seats in the new Greenland parliament (Inatsisartut). They are both In favor of the independence of DenmarkBut they have differences in the rhythm of change.
Behind the Democrats and Naleraq there is the left -wing government coalition: Inuit Ataqatigiit, with 21.4 percent, who records a sharp decrease of more than fifteen percentage points compared to 2021; And Siumut, with 14.7 percent, who lost about half of the votes in the previous elections. Favorite competitions were in fact according to surveys these two, which have dominated Greenland’s policy in recent years.
Fifth, the Liberal curator and Unionista Intmut Party remained, with 7.3 percent of the support, only 0.4 percent more than four years ago. The Qulleq party, formed in 2023 by ex -women from Naleraq and Siumut, has finally been 1.1 percent of the ballot papers.
This election process goes in the middle of unusual global attention after the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has urged control of this autonomous region in Denmark, the largest island on the planet, which strives to achieve its independence for decades.
His claims of the territory, without a doubt, for their geostrategic position in the Arctic area and the wealth in natural resources, have regularly registered the eyes of the world in elections in which around 41,000 people are registered to indicate the 31 representatives of an island that remains largely untrue and where 80 percent of the expansion is eternal.
Trump, who has already presented an offer to Denmark during his first term to buy Greenland, has assured that the United States will continue to guarantee the safety of the island, where it has been on the island since the 1950s. “Greenland is not for sale” is one of the sentences that are the most repeated in Greenland and in Denmark.
The Greenlands voted overwhelming in favor of self -government in a referendum in 2009, which also formed a way towards independence. The majority of the Greenlands are in favor of the control of Denmark, which decides in monetary, defense and external policy, although they do not know how or when, since Copenhagen offers more than half of the Greenland budget to cover the basic services of employment, health and education.
Source: EITB
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