Greenland election

March 12, 2025 12:17 PM

Greenland’s independence gradualists win election amid Trump control pledge

Greenland's pro-business opposition Demokraatit party, which favours a slow approach to independence from Denmark, won Tuesday's parliamentary election that was dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to take control of the island. Demokraatit secured 29.9% of the votes with all ballots counted, up from 9.1% in 2021, ahead of the opposition Naleraq party, which favours rapid independence, at 24.5%. Since taking office in January, Donald Trump has vowed to make Greenland - a semi-auto...

Greenland election tests independence ambitions as US interest looms

Greenland will vote in a general election on Tuesday seen by some locals as a historic chance to free themselves from Danish rule at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump has offered to invest billions of dollars if they join the United States. The election to the 31-seat Inatsisartut parliament could potentially enhance U.S. influence in Greenland, a sparsely- populated island in the eye of a geopolitical race for dominance in the Arctic, as global warming melts the icecaps making its resour...