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Greenland lawmaker touts stronger EU role in island's critical raw materials
euronews (in English)
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16/01/2025
Twenty-five of the 34 minerals found in Greenland were identified as "critical raw materials" in a European Commission study in 2023.
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Greenland wants a stronger EU commitment to the territory's critical raw materials, according
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to one of its local MPs. These materials are needed for the construction of clean energy
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technologies such as solar panels and batteries. The EU is lagging behind compared to the Americans,
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the Chinese or even the British. 25 out of 34 minerals found in Greenland have been identified
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as critical raw materials in a European Commission study.
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We would like to see EU much more engaged when it comes to rare earth. We know that
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78% of everything that EU needs when it comes to rare earth can be found in Greenland. And
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right now we have more or less Chinese monopoly when it comes to rare earth and therefore
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I think it makes a lot of sense and I think it's an overlap and interest between Greenland
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and EU to get investments from, to focus on rare earth but also on tourism.
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The MEP says she is concerned about Russia and Trump's provocative statements which do
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not exclude forced to seize Greenland, a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. The majority
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of the 56,000 inhabitants have a long-term goal of independence and exclude being in
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the US fold, she says. At this time, Greenland believes that there is a need to diversify
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and strengthen Greenland's cooperation with other global players.
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I think there's no shortcut to independence even though it's the biggest wish and the
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biggest dream for a lot of us in Greenland. I think we need to see it as a long-term goal
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and then to diversify who we're collaborating with. So it should be Denmark, should be EU
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and it should also be US. So we're part of the North American continent and it makes
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sense to cooperate, for example, on defence but we don't want military bases in Greenland.
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Since 2009, Greenland has had the right to declare its independence through a referendum.
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The MP, who chairs the Greenland committee in the Danish parliament, has suggested that
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a possible referendum could take place during the new mandate. Parliamentary elections will
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be held next spring.
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