Greenland's pro-business opposition wins election amid Trump control pledge

Record ID: 1982942

  • Title: Greenland's pro-business opposition wins election amid Trump control pledge
  • Date: 12th March 2025
  • Summary: NUUK, GREENLAND (MARCH 12, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SUPPORTERS OF GREENLAND'S DEMOKRAATIT PARTY CELEBRATING AS EARLY ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED VARIOUS OF LEADER OF DEMOKRAATIT, JENS-FREDERIK NIELSEN, SPEAKING TO MEDIA AND GREETING SUPPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEMBER OF GREENLAND'S PARLIAMENT FOR THE DEMOKRAATIT PARTY, ANNA WANGENHEIM, SAYING: “I’m overwhelmed and I’
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  • Keywords: Demokraatit Denmark Greenland Naleraq Nuuk election
  • Location: NUUK, GREENLAND
  • City: NUUK, GREENLAND
  • Country: Greenland
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001812112032025RP1
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  • Story Text: Greenland's pro-business opposition Demokraatit party won Tuesday's (March 11) closely watched parliamentary election, beating the incumbent left-wing coalition in a vote dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to take control of the island.
    “Our main focus will be the politics we’ve been elected for, and then we will have to talk to the other parties,” said Anna Wangenheim, a member of Greenland’s parliament for the Demokraatit party, as cheers rang out at a party event attended by leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen while early results were announced after midnight on Wednesday (March 12).
    Demokraatit, which favours a slow approach to independence from Denmark, 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-autonomous territory of Denmark - part of the United States, saying it is vital to U.S. security interests, an idea rejected by most Greenlanders.
    The vast island, with a population of just 57,000, has been caught up in a geopolitical race for dominance in the Arctic, where melting ice caps are making its resources more accessible and opening new shipping routes. Both Russia and China have intensified military activity in the region.
    (Production: Tom Little, Nukaaka Tobiassen)
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