Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called for parliamentary elections on Thursday. The elections will be held on March 24.
Two members of parliament are to be elected in Greenland, where Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (N) and Aaja Chemnitz (IA) currently hold the Greenlandic mandates.
The election was called when Mette Frederiksen asked on Thursday to make a statement of a special nature in the Folketing.
Greenland crisis not over
From the podium, Mette Frederiksen reviewed the work and results of the current government, and the crisis over Greenland filled:
- It fell to us to handle the biggest foreign policy crisis for Denmark since the Second World War. Although it is by no means over, we have managed to manage it so far in close cooperation with Greenland, the rest of the Danish Parliament and with good partners and allies in Europe, said the Prime Minister.
Will handle the international situation during the election campaign
Mette Frederiksen stressed that the government will continue to be on the job during the election campaign, among other things in view of the conflict with the USA over Greenland:
- As everyone knows, for example, the conflict over Greenland is not over yet.
- The government will therefore also have to handle the international situation during an election campaign, just as there will be international meetings that need to be attended to safeguard the interests of the kingdom.
The Prime Minister concluded by wishing everyone a good election campaign.
Declining voter turnout in Greenland general elections
The most recent general election was held in 2022, where in Greenland it was Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (then Siumut) and Aaja Chemnitz from IA who received the most votes and thus the two mandates.
In 2022, the voter turnout in Greenland's general elections was 47.8 percent. The voter turnout has been steadily declining through several elections. Back in 2011, 57.5 percent of those eligible to vote in Greenland voted.
