Greenland’s new MPs present demands in Danish government formation talks

Greenland’s two newly elected members of the Danish Parliament have laid out a series of demands for the incoming Danish government. According to KNR, Naaja H. Nathanielsen (Inuit Ataqatigiit) and Qarsoq Høegh-Dam (Naleraq) presented the following wish list after meeting with Mette Frederiksen, who is leading the government formation negotiations:

• Constitutional and legal equality: An amendment to the Danish constitution and the self-government act to establish genuine equality between Greenland and Denmark.
• Access to Danish cancer treatment packages: Greenlandic patients should be able to use Denmark’s standardized fast-track cancer care programs, addressing healthcare inequality within the realm.
• A larger investment agreement: A new deal that goes beyond the historic 1.6 billion kroner [$251 million] framework agreement signed in September 2025, particularly targeting security and emergency preparedness infrastructure that has deteriorated over the years.
• A greater share for Greenlandic businesses: Ensuring that investment funds actually benefit local Greenlandic companies rather than flowing primarily to outside consultants and firms.
• Compensation for historical injustices: Expanding the scope of state compensation beyond the IUD scandal victims to also include legally fatherless individuals and those who were forcibly adopted — groups still left out of the current draft legislation. Both MPs stressed that the compensation issue must be resolved during this election period, not pushed further down the road.