Greenland parliamentary election - November 28, 2014

[ingemann]

Minister of Finance Vittus Qujaukitsoq from Siumut has finally - after massive pressure from the Democrats, IA and the Greenlands  Employers Association - released the revised budget numbers for 2014 and they show that Greenland will get a deficit around  275 million Danish kroner instead of the expected surplus of 21 million.

Election day tomorrow, this may be a gamechanger, but Siumut had a (surprising) lead in the last poll.

I heard one explanation, and I hope by God it's true, that Greenlandic polls can't be trusted (because of the small population and how heterodox the population are from settlement to settlement).

[ingemann]

One thing I found interesting in the covering of Greenlandic election and the background, is how much everybody in Denmark, who deal with Greenland, really despise Hammond, and it's not just her anti-Danish attitude, there have other who is and have been worse ("cough cough" Hans Enoksen), but they never disliked those people as much as they dislike Hammond.

[ingemann]

Interesting coalition if I remember correctly Atassut was also the most "pro-Danish" party before the Democrats, but what I think is good news is the continued support for the uranium mine, while it won't save the Greenlandic economy, it may start making Greenland more attractive for mining companies.