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Greenland was a
European Parliament constituency Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU). The European Electoral Act 2002 allows member states the choice to allocate electoral subdivisions or constituencies (, ...
for
elections in the European Union Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are considered the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's. Until ...
covering the territory of
Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...
. It seceded from the
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in 1985. It was represented by one
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.


Members of the European Parliament


Elections


1979

The 1979 European election was the first election to the European Parliament. The vote was held on 9 June 1979. The eligible electorate was 29,188. Finn Lynge of
Siumut Siumut (, ) is a political party in Greenland in the social democratic tradition. Since the establishment of home rule in 1979, it has been the dominant party in Greenland. Siumut is led by Erik Jensen, who beat the then-incumbent Prime Ministe ...
was elected.


1984

The 1984 European election was the second election to the European Parliament and the second for Greenland. The vote was held on 14 June 1984, and the eligible electorate was 34,653. Finn Lynge was re-elected. When Greenland seceded from the European Community on 1 January 1985 Lynge's seat was transferred to the Danish Socialist People's Party.Marquard, Arne (ed.) (1984). ''Folketingsårbog 1983–84'' . Copenhagen, J. H. Schultz forlag, pp. 98–102. .


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Enlargement of the European Union The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union. To join the EU, a state needs to fulfil economic and political conditions called the Copenhagen criteria ...
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Representation of Greenland, Brussels The Representation of Greenland in Brussels is the official representative office of Greenland to the European Union. The Representation of Greenland to the EU was established in 1992 in connection to the Royal Danish Embassy in Belgium. Greenla ...
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Greenland–European Union relations Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark (which also includes the territories of Denmark and Faroe Islands) is one of the EU members’ overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated to the European Union. Greenland ...
* 1982 Greenlandic European Economic Community membership referendum *
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European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
{{European Parliament former constituencies Politics of Greenland History of Greenland European Parliament constituencies in Denmark 1979 establishments in Greenland 1985 disestablishments in Greenland Constituencies established in 1979 Constituencies disestablished in 1985 Greenland–European Union relations Former European Parliament constituencies