Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede announced this week that he wants the island to gain its independence from Denmark as President-elect Donald Trump tries to acquire the world’s largest island to bolster U.S. national security.
“The Greenlandic people’s opportunity for independence has been adopted through the provisions of the Self-Government Act, thereby creating a legal basis for how independence can be achieved,” Egede said in a speech on New Year’s Day.
He said that the island was not treated well by Denmark, that it was still stuck in the “colonial era,” and that it was time to “move on.”
“A draft constitution for our country has also been prepared,” he said. “Work has already begun with regard to creating the framework for Greenland as an independent state within the possibilities and provisions of the Self-Government Act.”
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