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The Inatsisartut (Greenlandic: Inatsisartut, lit. 'those who make the law', [1] Greenlandic pronunciation: [inatt͡sisɑtːʉt]; Danish: Landstinget, lit. 'the land's-thing of Greenland'), also known as the Parliament of Greenland in English, [2] is the unicameral parliament (legislative branch) of Greenland, an autonomous territory [3] in the Danish Realm.
Greenland has full autonomy on most matters, except on policies and decisions affecting the region including negotiations with the devolved legislatures and the Kingdom Parliament Folketing. Greenland's judicial system has mainly been derived from the Danish civil law system.
Template: Politics of Greenland. ... Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen; Members; Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark
Greenland is of strategic importance to Denmark, Europe, and the U.S. because of its access to the Arctic and, because of global warming, the increasing ease of shipping around its coast. Trump ...
This means that Greenland is a part of Denmark's international territory that has a degree of autonomy and self-governance under a national government. Some politicians in Greenland want to become fully independent from Denmark and stand under the independence side of Greenland's politics.
The politics of Greenland, an autonomous country (Greenlandic: nuna, Danish: land) within the Kingdom of Denmark, function in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.
General elections were held in Greenland on 12 March 2013. [1] The opposition Siumut party emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 14 of the 31 seats. [2] On 26 March Siumut leader Aleqa Hammond became Greenland's first female Prime Minister. [2] [3]
(Greenland seats) Community of the People Inuit Ataqatigiit: IA Democratic socialism [1] [2] Greenlandic independence [2] [3] Environmentalism Left-wing nationalism: Left-wing: Múte Bourup Egede: 1978