Victorious Democrats leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen talks to the media during the election party. He has said Greenland is not for sale and rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in acquiring it.Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images

Greenland election results: Center-right opposition wins amid Trump saber-rattling – POLITICO

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The center-right Democrats defeated the governing left-wing coalition in Greenland’s election, while a pro-U.S. party recorded its best result ever in Tuesday’s vote.

The Democrats party, which describes itself as pro-business, more than tripled its result from the previous election in 2021, garnering about 30 percent of the vote, with all ballots counted. The party supports Greenland’s independence — but only gradually, once the self-ruling Danish territory is politically and economically more developed.  

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen congratulated the Democrats on their victory. “We look forward to working with Greenland’s future government,” Frederiksen said in a statement to Danish public broadcaster DR, adding that Copenhagen “will await the results of the negotiations that are now taking place.”