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Greenland moves to ban foreign political funding amid Trump’s threats

  • Independent News Roundup By Independent News Roundup

A proposed bill would prohibit donations from abroad, tightening the rules ahead of a general election in April

4 FEB 2025 CET RT: FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / Sean Gallup

Greenland is pushing to ban political donations from abroad, amid concerns over foreign influence in its upcoming election and US President Donald Trump’s stated goal of annexing the island, according to documents published by the government on Monday.

Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in taking the resource-rich Danish overseas territory for the US, despite refusals from both Denmark and Greenland’s leaders. Early last month, he refused to rule out the use of military force to annex the island.

The Greenlandic parliament proposed the bill on Monday, with the goal of protecting the island’s general election in April from potential interference. The government in Nuuk is pushing for an urgent parliamentary vote on Tuesday, according to Greenlandic news outlet Sermitsiaq. Comments accompanying the bill noted that the Cabinet of Greenland suggested the change to the presidency to try and tighten the rules regarding donations and protect the island’s political integrity.

The bill must be considered “in light of the geopolitical interests in Greenland and the current situation, where representatives of an allied superpower have expressed an interest in taking over and controlling Greenland,” the document said.

If adopted, the bill would prohibit anonymous and foreign donations towards political work on the Arctic island. The ban would prevent political parties, including local and youth branches, from receiving private contributions in excess of 200,000 Danish krone ($27,700), or 20,000 ($2,770) from a single contributor, the bill said.

Greenland, a former Danish colony, received home rule from Copenhagen in 1979. The sparsely-populated 2.2 million-square-kilometer island is home to around 60,000 people, and hosts a US military base.

Greenland’s pro-independence leader, Mute Egede, has rejected Trump’s proposal to buy the island, stating that the people do not want to be either Danish or American.

A recent phone conversation between Trump and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen left Danish officials “utterly freaked out,” the Financial Times wrote in January.

According to FT’s sources, the conversation was a “cold shower” for European officials, dashing their previous impression that Trump’s statements about annexing Greenland were just a negotiating tactic to gain more influence in the Arctic and get a leg up on Russia and China.

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