The newly elected member of parliament Naaja Nathanielsen from IA leans towards a red government.
This was stated on Tuesday morning in front of Marienborg, where the Greenlandic politician was to meet with acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S).
- Of course we lean towards red.
- Right now I also have difficulty seeing what the constellation should be like if it were to be a blue government, said Naaja Nathanielsen before the meeting at Marienborg.
She replaces her party colleague Aaja Chemnitz and with the election to the Folketing says goodbye to a post in Naalakkersuisut.
Nathanielsen arrived at the government negotiations with the wish that Greenland would have more power over foreign policy.
As it stands now, it is the Danish government that handles foreign policy matters on behalf of the Kingdom.
- We do not believe that we need to have support wheels when we negotiate with other countries.
- And that way we can stand more in our own right when it comes to the Arctic, says Naaja Nathanielsen.
Question: Doesn't the crisis with the US show that it is good when Denmark and Greenland stand together?
- We can certainly stand together and give ourselves more self-determination. The two things are not mutually exclusive, replied Naaja Nathanielsen.
She had brought her party chairman, former Prime Minister Múte B. Egede, to the meeting with Frederiksen.
- Because he is my chairman, was Nathanielsen's justification.
To meet again
The other newly elected member of parliament is Qarsoq Høegh-Dam from Naleraq.
After he had visited Marienborg, it was said that Greenland, according to him, "has come with a clear voice". He would not elaborate on what that voice is.
In addition, he did not have many details for the press after his meeting with Mette Frederiksen, nor whether he will support her as the next prime minister.
- It depends a lot on the demands, but we had a good cup of coffee, he said and added that they will meet again "later", after which he drove away from Marienborg.
During Tuesday, the two members of parliament from the Faroe Islands - Sjúrður Skaale from the social democratic Javnaðarflokkurin and Anna Falkenberg from the bourgeois party Sambandsflokkurin - also visited Marienborg.
Skaale said upon arrival at Marienborg that he points to Mette Frederiksen.
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