Greenland is not a full member of the EU, since a referendum in 1985. But it’s a territory of Denmark, which is a member, and citizens of Greenland are citizens of the EU. It seems complicated:
They’re an Overseas Country and thus not economically integrated into the EU, though they have a “most favoured third country” type status that is they will never be treated worse when it comes to tariffs and such than the best-treated non-member country.
OCT citizens are EU citizens so they have freedom of movement and everything, can even vote in EU elections as long as they happen to reside within ordinary EU territory. I think the French overseas territories even regularly vote in EU elections. It’s a clusterfuck of asterisks.
Most OCTs have that status because they’re so far away from the mainland that the trade they’re doing with the EU is a relatively small portion of their overall trade, that doesn’t really apply to Greenland they left over the EU fisheries policy. Which is also the reason the Faroer and Iceland aren’t in. It would also be the reason why Norway isn’t in if the actual reason wasn’t them being a rich petrostate. The fisheries policy really sucks.
Not a stupid question. EU law is complicated as fuck. Denmark is a full EU member but Greenland is an autonomous territory. Basically an ex-colony that was headed for full independece before Trump decided he wants to have it. I guess they’ll opt for closer ties with the EU now, instread.
I don’t think independence outside of the EU was ever a particularly realistic option either way. Maybe association with Canada, but then that would’ve been quite similar to the situation with Denmark.
Going it alone, 50k people on a giant landmass, while also being of the opinion that independence should not set the country back in living standards etc. will always be a tall order.
I was kinda hoping over the decades that they’d manage to pressure the EU to reform the clusterfuck that is the common fisheries policy (which is the reason they left) but with all that mining business coming up it could be that they just won’t care. Iceland? Could rely on exporting energy instead of fish. Norway? Fish is an issue for them but the actual one is that they don’t want to share their oil riches. That leaves the Faroer who… do they even exist? It’s kinda like with elves, you hear tales of them and some evidence that can be interpreted favourably but do they really exist? I mean really?
Can someone explain this, isn’t this already an EU market through EU membership? Fuck Trump btw.
Greenland is not a full member of the EU, since a referendum in 1985. But it’s a territory of Denmark, which is a member, and citizens of Greenland are citizens of the EU. It seems complicated:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_and_the_European_Union
I guess not every obscure mining company is allowed free
reignrain and Greenland is not in the EU.They don’t count through Denmark? I’m curious, sorry if these questions are a duh.
No, the questions are not obviously answered. I don’t know.
This confusion might be why Trump thinks it’s free real estate.
They’re an Overseas Country and thus not economically integrated into the EU, though they have a “most favoured third country” type status that is they will never be treated worse when it comes to tariffs and such than the best-treated non-member country.
OCT citizens are EU citizens so they have freedom of movement and everything, can even vote in EU elections as long as they happen to reside within ordinary EU territory. I think the French overseas territories even regularly vote in EU elections. It’s a clusterfuck of asterisks.
Most OCTs have that status because they’re so far away from the mainland that the trade they’re doing with the EU is a relatively small portion of their overall trade, that doesn’t really apply to Greenland they left over the EU fisheries policy. Which is also the reason the Faroer and Iceland aren’t in. It would also be the reason why Norway isn’t in if the actual reason wasn’t them being a rich petrostate. The fisheries policy really sucks.
Not a stupid question. EU law is complicated as fuck. Denmark is a full EU member but Greenland is an autonomous territory. Basically an ex-colony that was headed for full independece before Trump decided he wants to have it. I guess they’ll opt for closer ties with the EU now, instread.
I don’t think independence outside of the EU was ever a particularly realistic option either way. Maybe association with Canada, but then that would’ve been quite similar to the situation with Denmark.
Going it alone, 50k people on a giant landmass, while also being of the opinion that independence should not set the country back in living standards etc. will always be a tall order.
I was kinda hoping over the decades that they’d manage to pressure the EU to reform the clusterfuck that is the common fisheries policy (which is the reason they left) but with all that mining business coming up it could be that they just won’t care. Iceland? Could rely on exporting energy instead of fish. Norway? Fish is an issue for them but the actual one is that they don’t want to share their oil riches. That leaves the Faroer who… do they even exist? It’s kinda like with elves, you hear tales of them and some evidence that can be interpreted favourably but do they really exist? I mean really?