Ballot reveals 85% of Greenlanders don’t wish to be a part of the U.S.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated she had given full backing to the precept of sustaining respect for worldwide borders. File
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An opinion ballot indicated on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) that 85% of Greenlanders don’t want their Arctic island – a semi-autonomous Danish territory – to develop into part of the US, Danish day by day Berlingske reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated earlier this month that Greenland was important to U.S. safety and Denmark ought to surrender management of the strategically vital island.

The survey by pollster Verian, commissioned by the Danish paper and Greenlandic day by day Sermitsiaq, confirmed solely 6% of Greenlanders are in favour of changing into a part of the U.S., with 9% undecided.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated on Tuesday she had given full backing to the precept of sustaining respect for worldwide borders, following conferences with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and NATO chief Secretary-Basic Mark Rutte.

“I’m happy if the survey is an expression that many Greenlanders want to see a continued shut cooperation with Denmark. Most likely in a distinct kind than what we all know immediately, as a result of every part adjustments over time,” she instructed Berlingske in response to the ballot.

Denmark to spice up army presence in Arctic

Denmark stated on Monday it might spend 14.6 billion crowns ($2.04 billion) on boosting its army presence within the Arctic.

Greenland – with a land mass bigger than Mexico and a inhabitants of 57,000 – was granted broad self-governing autonomy in 2009, together with the precise to declare independence from Denmark by a referendum.

Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede, who has stepped up a push for independence, has repeatedly stated the island just isn’t on the market and that it’s as much as its individuals to determine their future.

The U.S. army has a everlasting presence on the Pituffik Area Base in northwestern Greenland, a strategic location for its ballistic missile early-warning system, because the shortest route from Europe to North America runs by way of the island. ($1 = 7.1545 Danish crowns)