Greenland PM says island not a 'piece of property' for sale – DW – 04/27/2025
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Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen visited Denmark for the first time since being elected, in a bid to strengthen ties. President Donald Trump has spoken of the US' desire to annex Greenland.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28815530

Summary

Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, during his first visit to Denmark since taking office in March, rejected Donald Trump’s push to annex Greenland, stating the island “will never be a piece of property that can be bought.”

Standing alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, he added, “We are in a foreign policy situation which means we have to move closer together.”

Frederiksen said Denmark was ready to invest more in Greenland as part of a “modernisation” of the two countries relationship.

  • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    They definitely don’t want to be Danish, as in ethnically, but they want their Scandinavian welfare state and not be worse off independent than as they are as part of the Kingdom. It’s doubly complicated as they can’t readily join the EU without being part of Denmark, too small population-wise, the Faroese are in pretty much the same situation.