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Feb 19, 2015 · 1972 - Denmark and Greenland join the European Community. ... 1999 ruling denying them right of return to ancestral lands in northern Greenland. 2004 August - US and Denmark sign deal to ...
Greenland joined the then European Community in 1973 as a county along with Denmark, but after gaining autonomy in 1979 with the introduction of home rule within the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland voted to leave in 1982 and left in 1985, to become an OCT.
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 joining. In a consultative referendum in 1982, 53% of the electorate of Greenland voted to withdraw from ...
Nov 8, 2016 · Denmark joined what was then called the European Economic Community in 1973. Technically Danish citizens, the Greenlanders had to go along, despite having voted against membership in a Danish ...
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Jan 15, 2024 · 1985 - Greenland leaves the European Economic Community ... 1999 - Danish High Court rules that Inuit were illegally exiled from their land in northern Greenland in 1953 to expand US airbase at ...
Abstract: Greenland and the European Community. In 1982, Greenlanders decided in a referendum to get out of the European Community. This political choice was motivated by the apprehention that membership in the Community would impose undesirable limitations on Greenland's autonomy. Termination of membership was
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In 1982, Greenland convened a referendum that paved the way to eventually leaving the European Communities three years later. ‘Grøxit’ - a portmanteau of Grønland, the Danish translation of Greenland, and exit, applied here since ‘Grexit’ is already preoccupied by Greece in EU-jargon – gained some scholarly, comparative interest in the aftermath of the British exit-referendum from ...
