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<\/p>\nCOPENHAGEN, March 2 \u2014 Greenland\u2019s vote \u200cin Denmark\u2019s parliamentary election on March 24 will serve as a barometer of Greenlanders\u2019 appetite \u200bfor independence, as competing visions for the Arctic island\u2019s future relationship with Copenhagen expose political divisions that could create openings for US President Donald Trump to exploit.<\/p>\n
While Greenland\u2019s governing coalition, led by Demokraatit, advocates a \u200cpragmatic, long-term path toward independence with Denmark as a key partner, the opposition Naleraq party is pushing for \u200ba swift separation, sharpening a divide that analysts say Washington could seek to make use of.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe American side has begun to look for areas where Greenland has real disagreements with Denmark,\u201d said Ulrik Pram Gad, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. But he added that recent \u200bUS pressure had inadvertently strengthened cooperation between Nuuk and Copenhagen.<\/p>\n
Denmark\u2019s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the election in a bid to capitalise on rising domestic support for her firm rejection of US pressure over Greenland, a stance that has drawn broad backing across the Danish political spectrum.<\/p>\n
In Greenland, a Danish colony until it became a formal part of the Kingdom of Denmark in 1953, the vote will test whether that pressure has pushed sentiment towards earlier independence or greater dissatisfaction \u200cwith both Denmark and the island\u2019s coalition government.<\/p>\n
The independence movement there, which began in the 1970s, has gained traction \u2060in recent years. A sharper political divide has emerged since Greenland\u2019s \u2060own parliamentary election in March last year. When the Danish election was called on Thursday, \u2060Naleraq\u2019s leader, Pele Broberg, accused other parties of \u201cuncritically \u2060giving in to the \u2060wishes of Denmark and the Danish people for ownership of Greenland\u201d and claimed some wanted to \u201cremove our right to independence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the only opposition party, Naleraq could well attract a lot of dissatisfied voters,\u201d said Rasmus Leander Nielsen, associate professor at the University of Greenland.<\/p>\n
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A view of Nuuk, Greenland is seen on January 13, 2026. \u2014 Reuters pic<\/p>\n
One \u2060Naleraq lawmaker in Greenland\u2019s parliament has, over the past year, travelled to the United States, meeting members of the Trump administration without the consent of Greenland\u2019s government, causing further division in the public debate among Greenland\u2019s 57,000 residents.<\/p>\n
Analysts say frustration with Denmark and a growing desire for autonomy could erode traditional support for governing coalition parties such as Siumut and Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA), making the Greenland vote more unpredictable than in previous Danish elections.<\/p>\n
Copenhagen has sought to repair relations with Greenland after several incidents in recent \u2060years involving allegations of misconduct by Danish authorities.<\/p>\n
Last year, Denmark publicly apologised to Greenlandic women subjected to decades of involuntary birth control practices. The contraception campaign came to light in 2022 when records showed that thousands of women \u2060and girls as young as 13 were fitted with intrauterine devices without their knowledge or consent between 1966 and 1991, the year \u2060Greenland assumed control \u2060over its healthcare system.<\/p>\n
Siumut is calling for the immediate release of an expert report examining whether the campaign constituted genocide, and it has called for \u200bvoters to have access to the findings before the March 24 election.<\/p>\n
Despite \u200bthe problematic relationship, many Greenlanders were relieved when Frederiksen managed to \u200cgarner support from key European allies when Trump made it clear he still \u200bwanted to take over the island.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome have been \u200bvery angry with Mette Frederiksen, but others have also pointed out that she has been quite good at defending Greenland,\u201d said Leander.\u00a0 \u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COPENHAGEN, March 2 \u2014 Greenland\u2019s vote \u200cin Denmark\u2019s parliamentary election on March 24 will serve as a barometer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[18701,18699,18266,43,18253,18698,18700],"class_list":["post-31330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faroe-islands","tag-copenhagen-relations","tag-danish-parliamentary-election","tag-demokraatit","tag-faroe-islands","tag-greenland-independence","tag-naleraq-party","tag-us-pressure-greenland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}