‘We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders,’ says Jens-Frederik Nielsen
Greenland’s probable new prime minister has rejected Donald Trump’s effort to take control of the island, saying Greenlanders must be allowed to decide their own future as it moves toward independence from Denmark.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, whose centre-right Democrats won a surprise victory in this week’s legislative elections and now must form a coalition government, pushed back on Thursday against Trump’s repeated claims that the US will annex the island.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/greenland-new-prime-minister-jens-frederik-nielsen
Author : Guardian staff and agencies in Nuuk
Publish date : 2025-03-13 20:54:00
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