Greenland is heading for polls against the background of Trump’s threats to take over – Politico

“The politicians were not very clear about what independence is really”, Masana Agede, the chief editor of the daily Greenlanda Sermitsiaq, said a video briefing with international journalists last week, answering a political question.

“Is it economic independence? A feeling of independence? Do we have our own borders? We want independence, but we all have very different definitions about what is independence, ”he said.

Egade-which is the brother’s half of Prime Minister Múte Agede said that there are 32 areas where Denmark also makes decisions on behalf of Greenland. “You say we will take over a year, we would still take 32 years to become really independent,” he said.

Currently, the party with the most places in the inaches is Inuit AtaTigitite, or the “community of the people”, together with its coalition partner, or “before”. Both parties are independent and promised to resort to a referendum on the separation of the island of Denmark, without specifying when that vote will be.

According to a 2009 agreement with Denmark, Greenland can legally declare independence – but only after a referendum has taken place. Although there is a wide support for full sovereignty in Greenland, some are not sure what it would mean for the defense and economy of the island, if they were to leave on their own.

“One way or another”

2 million square kilometers in Greenland are full of vast, unexploited natural resources, including extremely coveted rare lands; However, it has a population less than 60,000.