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Greenland distances itself from Denmark: Let's avoid the "shackles of colonialism"

2025-01-05 17:40:17Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Greenland distances itself from Denmark: Let's avoid the "shackles of
Greenland's capital Nuuk

Let's avoid the "shackles of colonialism": In clearer words than ever before, Greenland's Prime Minister Egede spoke out for independence from Denmark.

"The time has come for us to take a step and shape our future," said the former Danish colony's Prime Minister Mute Egede in his New Year's speech.

This also applies to who Greenland closely cooperates with and who its trading partners will be. In recent years, the independence movement has gained strength in Greenland, but until now the prime minister has been more reserved on the subject. Shortly before Egede's initiative, US President-elect Donald Trump - as he did in 2019 - signaled an interest in "ownership and control" of the giant Arctic island. Egede immediately opposed Trump vehemently and in his speech this year, neither the American politician nor the US was mentioned.

Greenland, with a population of about 57,000, is of great strategic importance to the US, which has a military air base there with a ballistic missile warning system. Greenland's capital, Nuuk, is closer to New York than to Copenhagen.

"The people must decide"

Greenland will hold parliamentary elections on April 6. "It is the people of Greenland who must decide whether the country should take further steps on the path to independence. Therefore, the electoral period ahead of us should be a period in which the Greenlandic people decide what the future of Greenland and its system should be," said Prime Minister Egede. He left open when this might happen. A majority in the country is in favor of independence, but there are different opinions regarding the timeline and the possible consequences that are expected for the standard of living.

Huge wealth and a fragile economy

Since 2009, Greenland has had the right to declare independence through a referendum. Despite its vast underground resources such as oil and gas, the country's economy is fragile and heavily dependent on support from Copenhagen and fishing. "History and current obligations have shown that our cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark has not been able to establish full equality," said Egede. "Like other countries in the world, we must work to overcome obstacles to cooperation - which we can consider as the shackles of colonialism - and move forward. "Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, but it is now a self-governing territory of the kingdom. Recently, revelations about the unfair positions of the Danish authorities in Greenland have aroused indignation, including a campaign to impose birth control in the 1960s.


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