Greenland, the First to Get Fed Up with European Integration: the 1985 Greendlexit - Hungarian Conservative

(L-R) President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute B Egede and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen address a press conference after signing an agreement on the opening of the European Commission's new office in Nuuk, Greenland, on 15 March 2024.

Greenland, the First to Get Fed Up with European Integration: the 1985 Greendlexit

While almost two-thirds of the Danish population were in favour of accession, 70.8 per cent of the citizens of Greenland rejected the idea of belonging to the European Community. The Inuit were reluctant to participate in European integration from the very beginning.