Greenland will maintain a basic election on 11 March, its prime minister has introduced, amid renewed curiosity from the US president, Donald Trump, within the Arctic territory.
The upcoming election marketing campaign is anticipated to revolve round Greenland’s independence aspirations, the event of the island’s fragile economic system and relations with Denmark and the US.
“We’re within the midst of a critical time. A time that we now have by no means skilled in our nation. This isn’t the time for inner division,” the prime minister, Múte Egede, stated in a social media put up that didn’t point out Trump.
Greenland’s parliament later unanimously permitted his proposal for the 11 March election.
Trump in December renewed his want to management the strategically essential island and didn’t rule out utilizing army or financial energy to attain this.
A semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, Greenland has stated it’s open for enterprise however that it doesn’t want to be a part of the US.
It was as a result of maintain parliamentary elections earlier than 6 April.
Denmark has dominated the island for hundreds of years. Greenland was a Danish colony till 1953 and has since gained broad autonomy, together with the fitting to declare independence, though Copenhagen stays accountable for Greenland’s safety and overseas coverage.
A majority of Greenlanders would vote for independence if such a referendum have been held now, a current survey by pollster Verian, commissioned by the Danish newspaper Berlingske and Greenlandic day by day Sermitsiaq, confirmed.
About 28% stated they’d vote in opposition to independence.
The island holds huge untapped mineral sources however its economic system depends upon fishing and annual grants from Denmark.
The ballot additionally confirmed that 45% of individuals wouldn’t need independence if the usual of dwelling was negatively affected, highlighting that the long run path in direction of it stays unclear.
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