Inuit Ataqatigiit (, , da, Folkets Samfund) is a
democratic socialist
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,
separatist
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political party in Greenland that aims to make
Greenland
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an independent state.
The party, founded as a political organisation in 1976, was born out of the increased youth
radicalism in
Denmark
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during the 1970s. Traditionally in favour of a
socialist economy
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, the party has been criticised from the
left
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of having gradually moved towards a capitalist approach, supporting a
market economy
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and
privatisation
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. Inuit Ataqatigiit believes that an independent Greenland should be
competitive
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while fighting to keep the environment clean.
In 1982, the party successfully campaigned in a
national referendum for Greenland to leave the European Economic Community (EEC). Inuit Ataqatigiit is represented in the
Folketing
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(the Danish parliament) by Aaja Chemnitz Larsen. Múte B. Egede has been the party's leader since December 2018.
Inuit Ataqatigiit made a major electoral breakthrough in the
2009 Greenlandic parliamentary election. Making gains from the 2005 Greenlandic parliamentary election, it doubled its total number of seats in the Parliament from 7 to 14 seats out of 31, just two seats short of a majority, and nearly doubled its total vote share from 22.4% to 43.7%. It supplanted both its coalition partners, shifting the
Forward
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party from first to second and the
Democrats party from second to third.
[ At the ]2014 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2014.
* 2014 United Nations Security Council election 16 October 2014
Africa
* 2014 Algerian presidential election 17 April 2014
* 2014 Botswana general election 24 October 2014
* 2014 Comorian presi ...
the party obtained 11 members in the Greenlandic parliament, but after elections in 2018
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, their share decreased to eight seats. Following the 2021 elections
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, Inuit Ataqatigiit once again became the largest party in the Greenlandic parliament, with 12 seats.
Election results
Parliament of Greenland (''
Inatsisartut
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'')
Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (''
Folketinget
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'')
References
External links
Official website
The North Atlantic Group in the Danish Parliament
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