Article 6VW0Z Greenland: opposition parties react to surprise election result amid Trump threats –video report

Greenland: opposition parties react to surprise election result amid Trump threats –video report

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Greenland has voted for a complete overhaul of the its government in a shock result in which the centre-right Democrat party more than tripled its seats after a dramatic election campaign fought against the backdrop of Donald Trump's threats to acquire the Arctic island. Tuesday's election, in which the Democrats replaced Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA), the party of the outgoing prime minister, Mute B Egede, as the biggest party in Inatsisartut, the Greenlandic parliament, also led to a doubling of seats for Naleraq - the party most open to US collaboration and which supports a snap vote on independence - making them the second-biggest party. Both the Democrats and Naleraq favour independence from Denmark, but they differ on the pace of change

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