Even in Greenland its a bit surprising with only 4 out of 31 seats going to Liberal and Conservative parties (I consider Atassut to be Conservatives). Atassut, once the second largest party in Greenland, looks doomed.
I wonder at what point we will see a viable Centre-Right alternative to IA and Siumut. Of course it depends on the countrys economic progress, but what is your guess? Maybe 15-20 years?
You could argue that the opening of Greenland to development by both IA and Siumut is a fairly right-wing move despite their left-wing platforms. That was the main issue in the election, and what actually surprises me is the lack of a left-wing anti-development party.
In a Greenlandic context nationalism, and thus economic independence from Denmark, is closely connected to leftism. Which is why IA accepted such lucrative terms for Big Mining, since they are more nationalist than Siumut. No Greenlanders are anti-development as such, its a matter of who gets what and how much centralization in Nuuk there needs to be.
What is considered left or right is also a matter of perspective. IA transformed the major government owned businesses into profitable companies by rationalizing and laying off workers. Is that left wing = securing public ownership of the most important means of production or right wing = the state behaving like any other capitalist. I would say left wing, but it is debatable.
