"The world must unite in standing up to imperial bullying and preserving the rules-based order. For more than a year, US President Donald Trump has openly threatened to take the world's largest island, Greenland, which is currently a semi-autonomous entity within the Kingdom of Denmark. The threats seem to intensify by the hour, and the situation may well have worsened by the time you read this."
"I am a member of the Danish parliament, the Folketing, and the foreign affairs spokesperson for Enhedslisten, the left-wing Red-Green Alliance within it. Our concern as a party is in no way over the future of continued Danish rule in Greenland. The 57,000 Greenlanders have an obvious right to self-determination, and we support their right to shape their own future and decide their alliances."
US President Donald Trump has openly threatened to take Greenland, intensifying a challenge to the Kingdom of Denmark's sovereignty and the Greenlanders' right to self-determination. Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of about 57,000 people who have the right to decide their future and alliances. Denmark, as former colonial power, bears historical guilt and responsibility to assist Greenland in developing democracy, a sustainable economy and a vision for statehood. External attempts to control territory undermine international law, state sovereignty and a rules-based global order. Appeasement and silence encourage further illegal interventions; political leaders must oppose imperial bullying.
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