Surprise Greenland election result as Trump plots annexation

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/12/surprise-greenland-election-result-trump-plots-annexation/

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  1. ***The Telegraph reports:***

    The centre-Right Demokraatit Party is celebrating an upset parliamentary election victory in Greenland, after Donald Trump said [the US would take control of the island](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/10/trump-making-voters-insecure-warns-greenland-pm-elections/) “one way or another”.

    Both Demokraatit (Democrats) and Naleraq (Point of Orientation), which came second, [favour independence from Denmark](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/03/greenlands-leader-wants-independence-from-denmark/) – but they disagree on the pace of change.

    It was a surprise victory for Demokraatit over parties that have governed the territory – which has a population of 56,000 and is a self-ruling region of Denmark – for years. 

    The unexpected result suggested that many in Greenland care just as much about healthcare, education, cultural heritage [and other social policies as sovereignty.](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/01/21/donald-trump-buy-greenland-denmark-minerals-security-space/)

    Huge crowds streamed into the polling station in the capital, Nuuk, throughout Tuesday, warmed by sunny skies. Officials closed the polls well after the planned 8pm local time, to make sure everyone queuing had a chance to vote.

    Mute Bourup Egede, the prime minister, had called elections early, saying [the country needed to be united](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/01/11/greenland-usa-trump-deal-don-jr-visit-maga-buy-force/) during a “serious time” that was unlike anything Greenland has ever experienced.

    The US president has been outspoken about his desire to control Greenland, telling a joint session of Congress last week that he thought the US was going to get it “one way or the other”.

    **Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/12/surprise-greenland-election-result-trump-plots-annexation/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/12/surprise-greenland-election-result-trump-plots-annexation/)

  3. Which party was supposed to win the election? And what was thier stance on soverignity and annexation

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