In the election dominated by Trump, the polling boost was increased at some polling booths with the promise of controlling the strategic arctic island.
Unauthorized results in Greenland’s election It is expected that US President Donald Trump will face a possession commitment soon after the vote was closed. Kept strategic Arctic country.
On Tuesday, the voting was extended at half an hour of the deadline of 4 GMT on Tuesday at the coling polling stations on the mineral -rich island, where 5,500 people were eligible for voting.
Greenland’s election authority said there was no exit pole, and the final voting final can take between three and five hours.
The official results will not be certified for weeks because the ballot paper, boat, plane and helicopter are passing to the capital, New Year.
Images and video clips shared on social media have shown that 45 minutes before the polling shutdown stood in the queue and snow outside the polling station in Nuq. Long queues were also recorded at the polling stations the next day.
Trump has promised to make Greenland-Denmark’s half-intelligent region-US part of the United States since he took over in January. Important for American security interests.
Only, 000 57,3, the vast island of the population is stuck in the geographical -political race of domination in Arctic, where the rich sources of rare earth metals are more accessible and opening new shipping routes.
Greenland’s Prime Minister, Mute mute egeeLast month, the elections were said to have a “in severe time” unlike Greenland, unlike anything that had ever experienced.
Trump has been clearly spoken about them Wishing to control GreenlandBoth Russia and China have also intensified military activity in the Arctic region.
Greenland has been a former Danish colony and a region since 195. In 1979. When his first parliament was established in, he gained some autonomy, but Copenhagen still regulates foreign transactions, protection and economic policy, and provides the economy only less than $ 1 billion a year.
In 1 in, Greenland won the right to declare the entire independence through referendum, though he did not do this without worrying that his livelihood would be reduced without the financial support of Denmark.
Greenland’s government consultant and former consultant Juli Redmakar said that in the beginning, the election campaign focused on anger and frustration based on the historical wrongdoing of former colonial ruler Denmark.
“But I think the fear of the American imperialist perspective has recently grown more than Denmark’s anger,” Redmakar said.
The royators news agency talked to more than the dozen in New Year, all of which they said that they were favorable to the freedom, though many expressed concern that rapid transitions could cause loss of the economy and eliminates northern welfare services like Universal Healthcare and Free Schooling.
“We do not want to be part of the United States for a clear reason; Healthcare and Trump, “Bank employees and Newuk resident Tuta Linj-Larsen said the election was particularly important.
A survey in January suggests that most of Greenland residents support independence but are divided over time.