“Denmark did not do a good job” | EUROtoday

There was hardly a greater time to current the Greenland authorities: Just when the American Vice President and delegation was on the airplane in the direction of Greenland, the brand new alliance introduced itself in Nuuk on Friday.

It is a coalition that has by no means existed in Greenland’s historical past. Four events are concerned, 23 out of 31 seats in parliament has the alliance, and there was numerous variations in content material. The stress from outdoors made it attainable.

“75 percent of the population are united by this coalition,” mentioned the designated Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on the presentation of the brand new authorities in Nuuk. It is now vital that all the society holds collectively. “This is the only way to encounter the great pressure that we are exposed to from the outside.”

The stress he meant grew to become clear just a few hours later, about 1000 kilometers additional north. There, on the American army base Pituffik Space Base, the American Vice President JD Vance landed on Friday afternoon German time with a delegation. In the occasion of a look in entrance of press representatives, Vance made it clear that US President Trump and his authorities take into account Arctic safety to an vital subject that can solely develop into extra vital over the following few many years.

He accused Denmark to not do sufficient for Greenland’s safety and the US troopers stationed there: “Our message to Denmark is very simple: they have not done a good job for people in Greenland.” Change that’s the reason for Trump’s politics. Denmark didn’t sustain with Russia and China, who had been very curious about transport routes and mineral assets within the Arctic. He is aimed toward “the Danish leadership, which invests too little in Greenland and too little in his security architecture”. In the previous, Vance Denmark had already accused of neglecting Greenland for a lot too lengthy.

Vance additionally emphasised that the Greenlanders’ proper to self -determination didn’t clearly rule out a army strategy: “The president mentioned that he didn’t suppose that army violence will probably be crucial, however he believes that Greenland is a crucial a part of safety, not solely the United States, however the world.” He hoped that the Greenlanders would “work” with the USA. “We may make them a lot safer, we may defend them significantly better, and I feel it could be significantly better for them.”

Shortly earlier than, Trump had repeatedly repeated that the USA must management Greenland for “world peace”, because the “Guardian” reports. On the sidelines of the swearing -in ceremony for the public prosecutor of New Jersey, he said: “Do you suppose we will do with out it? We cannot do this.”

Vance ‘visit to Greenland took place without charge and at a – from a Greenland point of view – at a maximum of unfavorable time, which had caused sharp criticism in the past few days. The new head of government Nielsen renewed them on Friday. “In our opinion, this complete state of affairs that he comes to go to when there is no such thing as a authorities is just not a press release of respect for an ally. It is a disgrace,” he mentioned.

The American travel plans were recently changed. Initially, a visit to Vance ‘wife Usha Vance, which was a privately declared multi -day visit, was announced, which was supposed to be alleged out of cultural interest. Against the background of Donald Trump’s threats that Greenland should become part of the United States, it was almost grotesque.

According to the original plans, it was planned, among other things, to visit a dog sled race. The program was then canceled after sheer criticism and announced protests. Usha Vance now only accompanied her husband to the military base, as did Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz as well as Minister of Energy Chris Wright and the Republican Senator Mike Lee. The return flight was apparently planned again for the late evening of German.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had additionally practiced sharp criticism as a result of tried go to and accused the USA to train “unacceptable stress”. On Friday, Frederiksen congratulated the new Greenland government and announced that she was looking forward to close cooperation “in an unnecessarily battle -charged time”.

The new Greenland authorities additionally strives for independence from the Kingdom of Denmark, however solely in the long run from a place of financial independence. When the time must be achieved is totally open. The new authorities now desires to shortly take negotiations with Denmark on a brand new framework of the cooperation. Calls after a speedy independence however there was nobody on Friday. The robust stress of America has approached the island of Copenhagen considerably once more.