Greenland, eye-catching, forbidden foreign political financing
Greenland’s parliament forbade foreign and anonymous political finance on Tuesday, half-to-half island The final reaction President Trump’s expressed intentions acquire. Greenland’s MPs followed legal – an effort to protect legal intervention – before the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The law is the most aggressive effort against Mr. Trump, who gave up Greenland’s last month To exclude military force to apply to pick up the island. The law does not directly call it as a potential promotion, but a proposal that puts the law and its justification, explicitly inspired his authors.
“According to the situation in Greenland, the allied is especially susceptible to obtain the Great Power Representatives, where great power representatives are interested in obtaining and monitoring the elections and political decision-making processes,” the proposal is read.
The law was made in the proposal to protect the political integrity of Greenland to protect the political integrity of Greenland. Mute B. Egede, the Prime Minister of Greenland, offered the parliamentary elections on March 11.
Greenlanders were first shock and confused Mr. Trump’s repeat The US Control the area. Donald Trump Jr.Mr. Trump’s son, last month, visited the island in addition to the assumptions.
For the United States, Greenland sits in a strategic place: the ADA is the house of the American military base and is growing in the Arctic ice, commercial and sea competition, commercial and sea competition. Greenland too have large stocks Rare elements and other minerals are used to prepare advanced technology.
“We need this for national security,” he said.
Greenland was discussed as a colony, like a colony and then semi-existence. Since 2009, he had the right to announce independence after the referendum, but still trusts Denmark for defense, security and other international work.
The Greenland’s population of the inuit has become more and more parsley in the control of Copenhagen. The leadership of Greenland has decreased in the advances of Mr. Trump.
“Greenland is ours”, Mr. Egede, in a statement ended in the last year, Mr. Trump said it was waiting for the island. “We do not put on sale and will never be sold.”
Denmark also sounded: Last week, military spending in the North Atlantic will increase to $ 2 billion, he said.
Nordic country does not want The Commerce War established With the United States. After a telephone conversation with Mr. Trump, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen Traveled in Europe To meet last week European NATO leaders will discuss support, control the losses and how Mr. Trump will respond to the intense requirements.
“There will be no Greenland of Trump,” Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark’s Foreign Minister and Prime Minister in the first period of Mr. Trump.
The Greenland parliament does not need approval to accept Inatsisartut, Denmark’s law. His deputies act very quickly – the bill was presented on Saturday only.
“The current geopolitical situation and the upcoming Inatsisartut election is considered urgent in need of such regulation,” he said.
Other countriesincluding The United Statesto limit or prohibit foreign policy funding. Greenland did not restrict and banned such contributions for the proposal.
The proposal notes that foreign forces are trying to influence other democratic elections in the world in recent years. The authors specially recorded in large quantities one Private political donations In the US.
“The initiative is clearly urgent.”
According to him, gifts did not affect Grenlandan’s policy and called the Law in “First of all.”
Greenland is trying to move away against foreign interests by limiting real estate purchases.
Monday, MPs Confirmed the new rules This will limit the purchase of land to Danish citizens or people who have permanent residents of Greenland for at least two years. The rules are expected to take effect this year.
There are about 56,000 residents in the Greenland and mainly covered with ice. Open to the world – it’s he said ready for work Recently opened a new International Airport – But his tourism infrastructure is sparse.
Foreign campuses – those seen as small by American standards, they can dramatically change the political structure of Greenland: the parties are mainly funded by public subsidies and read the “insignificant part of private financing.
“The prospects of this potential threat are excited,” he said. “It would be great in international scale that would be great in the international scale of the Grenand.”
Political parties are not allowed to buy foreign or anonymous contributions. There will be no branches of the parties, deputies, assistants and candidates.
The new law will also pap the volume of private political donations. A political party may receive about $ 28,000 in a year in a year only $ 28,000 in a year. Individual donors can only give $ 2,800. The law also strengthens and expands the requirements of the disclosure between other considerations.
“Of course, great private donations may weaken the public’s confidence in the integrity of political processes.”