That is how the reaction from all five parties in the Greenlandic parliament can be summed up when it comes to Donald Trump's wish to take over Greenland and make the country part of the USA.
That is how the reaction from all five parties in the Greenlandic parliament can be summed up when it comes to Donald Trump's wish to take over Greenland and make the country part of the USA.
I don't want to be part of the USA, as Trump wants us to be part of the USA. I want an independent Greenland,
says Mariane Paviasen, political spokesperson for the governing party, Inuit Ataqatigiit
If you look back at history: We have never had the opportunity to decide who will take our land. And Denmark took our land in 1721, when Hans Egede came. So, we have never been asked.
That history should not be repeated. We should not be part of anyone's country. We are our own country. We are Greenland, and we want to be respected as a country, says Mariane Paviasen
The incoming US president Donald Trump has indirectly threatened Denmark with military or tariffs on Danish goods if Denmark does not cede Greenland to the US.
We need Greenland for national security purposes, said Donald Trump at a press conference, where he also stated that he has the Greenlandic people with him.
The people will probably vote for independence or to be part of the US, said Donald Trump.
Greenland wants to become independent. We should not just be handed over to the USA or something else. But we want to be masters of our own house. And that is what lies in the Greenlandic genes, says the chairman of the other government party, the social democratic party Siumut, Erik Jensen, who is also the Minister of Finance in Greenland.
And his party leader colleague from Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has no appetite for being incorporated into the USA either.
I would like Greenland to negotiate better and stronger cooperation, also with the USA. But I do not want to say now that Greenland should be part of the USA, he says.
Chairman of the bourgeois party Atassut, Aqqalu Jerimiassen, prefers a future in the realm of the Commonwealth and not as a state in the USA.
We must have good cooperation with the USA, but we must not become part of the USA either for the time being or in the future, says Aqqalu Jerimiassen.
Pele Broberg, chairman of Greenland's largest opposition party, Naleraq, also answers 'no' when asked whether Greenland should be part of the USA in his opinion.
I don't think anyone needs to be afraid that we will be sold to the USA. For us, it is not a question of whether we are a commodity. For us, it is an expression that Trump really, really wants Greenland, says Pele Broberg.
Source: dr.dk (in Danish)
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