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Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark (which also includes the territories of Denmark and Faroe Islands) is one of the EU members’ overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated to the European Union. Greenland receives funding from the EU for sustainable development and has signed agreements increasing ...
The changing membership of the EU. Greenland is the large island at top left.. After being a part of the European Communities (EC) for twelve years, Greenland withdrew in 1985. . It had joined the EC in 1973 as a county of Denmark, even though a majority in Greenland was against joini
Greenland had joined the EC in 1973 when Denmark joined, even though a majority of 70% of the Greenlandic votes in the Danish EC referendum held in 1972 had been against membership. In the spring of 1981, after Greenlandic home rule had been established in 1979 and the eurosceptic party Siumut won the 1979 election , the Parliament of Greenland ...
Greece, already an associate member (the first) since 1961, applied to join the community on 12 June 1975 following the restoration of democracy. It joined on 1 January 1981. [8] In 1985, after gaining home rule from Denmark, Greenland left the community following a referendum but remained an overseas territory. Following on from Greece, and ...
Nuuk (Godthåb) by night in April 2023, Greenland's capital and by far largest city. This is a list of cities and towns in Greenland as of 1 January 2024.The term 'city' is used loosely for any populated area in Greenland, given that the most populated place is Nuuk, the capital, with 19,900 inhabitants, amounting to about 35% of the total population. [1]
A Treaty on Greenland's withdrawal from the Community was made – the Greenland Treaty – declaring Greenland as a “special case”. This "special case" provided a fisheries agreement between the parties in which the European Community and later the European Union kept its fishing rights and Greenland kept its financial contribution as ...
Four territories of EU member states have withdrawn: French Algeria (in 1962, upon independence), [5] Greenland (in 1985, following a referendum), [6] Saint Pierre and Miquelon (also in 1985, unilaterally) [7] and Saint Barthélemy (in 2012), [8] the latter three becoming Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union.
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.