• doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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    1 month ago

    Holy fuck Denmark needs to give Greenland back to them and pay reparations.

    But they’re sorry.

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      It seems to be Greenland that’s setting the pace on independence rather than Denmark. They drafted a constitution and have been examining the practicalities of it. Right now, though, Greenland is extremely economically dependent on a grant from Denmark, woth the block grant from Denmark being most of the Greenlandic government’s budget and something like a quarter of Greenland’s GDP. As such, the leading pro-indepedence faction favours developing economic stability before making moves for independence, and polling seems to show most people don’t want to declare independence right away if it means a huge hit to their standard of living. I suppose, though, that Denmark giving the block grant each year and substantially improving the quality of life of Greenlanders is a sort of reparations

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            1 month ago

            It’s a bit of a weird edge case. They’re part of some EU things but not others, having actively chosen to withdraw from the European Community (predecessor to the EU) in the 80s

          • doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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            1 month ago

            They’re not though. They’re some kind of independent territory of Denmark and they have special trading privileges with the EU, but a simple Google search will tell you they’re not part of it.

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              1 month ago

              Yup, but an attack on Greenland (for an example) is an attack on the Kingdom of Denmark. And thus is treated as such.

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                1 month ago

                It could be treated as such. It could also not be. They don’t have the legal framework that membership provides.

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                  1 month ago

                  They are part of Denmark and therefor goes under it’s protection.

                  If they didn’t, Greenland would have been pick off a long time ago.

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                    1 month ago

                    Under Denmark’s protection (whatever that is worth) yes, but is, for example, Bulgaria going to militarily support a non-member independent nation? Maybe. They’re not obligated to.