Parliamentary election: Trump’s desired island of Greenland chooses a new parliament

Under the impression of the loud property claims by US President Donald Trump, people in Greenland today choose a new parliament. A little more than 40,000 eligible voters are called on the largest island on earth to give their voice to one of the six parties. When the polling stations close in the evening, it is an hour before midnight in Germany. A preliminary end result should be determined during the night of Wednesday.

In the election, all 31 seats in the Greenland parliament of Insisartut in the capital Nuuk are re -awarded. The strongest force has been the left -wing party Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) by Prime Minister Múte B. Eggede since the last election in 2021. It initially ruled for one year together with the independence -oriented Naleraq, after controversy in this coalition since 2022 with the Social Democratic Party. IA and SIUMUT are generally considered the strongest forces in Greenland politics.

What Trump says – and what Greenland thinks of it

Trump has repeatedly explained in recent months to want to take control of Greenland. Most recently, in a speech before the US Congress, he had reaffirmed again and once again advertised the favor of the Greenlanders with the promise of a wealthy future.

“We are ready to invest billions of dollars to create new jobs and make you rich,” Trump wrote on Monday night on his social network Truth Social. In the article he invited the almost 57,000 inhabitants of the island to become “part of the greatest nation in the world” if they wanted to.

However, it is not as simple as Trump imagines. Unlike in the case of Alaska in 1867, the USA territory cannot simply buy from other countries these days. According to a survey, a clear majority of the Greenlanders (85 percent) are also against becoming part of the United States.

The German cultural historian Ebbe Volquardsen can confirm this. “Trump is now considered an aggressor by most, but even the few who appreciate him do not want to become an American,” reports the scientist of the Greenland University of Ilisimatus Nuk.

Unprecedented interest in Greenland

At the same time, the choice of Trump takes place under an unprecedented interest of the world public. “What we are currently experiencing is unique in Greenland’s history,” says Volquardsen. About half of the population is primarily concerned, but the other half also perceives the situation as a possibility window.

“The international focus on Greenland helps to make the country better known,” says Volquardsen. “The most important thing may be that the global lying around Greenland also makes the value of the value of being in a Union with Greenland.” This has brought the island into a better position so that its former colonial power of Denmark finally recognizes historical injustice and at the same time grant it more equality in the common kingdom.

Possible effects on the choice

The effect of the Trump statements will have to choose from is unclear in advance. The editor -in -chief of the Grönland newspaper “Sermitsiaq”, Masaana Eggede, expects that Trump, fueled by Trump, could bring in particular to the parties who are promoting this topic loudly – the Naleraq is primarily. The larger parties such as IA and Siumut should lose one or the other seat, he suspects.

According to observers, Prime Minister Eggede, who turns 38 on election day, could also benefit from the fact that he was able to profile himself internationally as the face of the island and as a prudent, one-person leader in the course of the Trump debate. In an interview by the Danish broadcaster DR, in which he accused Trump disrespectful, the IA boss indicated that in the event of another election victory and in view of the pressure from the outside, he wanted to strive for a broad unit government.

And independence?

Greenland is officially part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but decides on his concerns in most political affairs. At the same time, the island is still very dependent on Copenhagen.

Nevertheless, independence has been discussed by Denmark for decades – a debate that has been severely accelerated by Trump’s ownership claims. In principle, the majority of the Greenland parties agree that the ice island should one day become independent – they are disagreed with when the right time could have come.