GreenlandB次元官网网址檚 legislature debated Tuesday whether to prohibit political parties from receiving contributions B次元官网网址渇rom foreign or anonymous contributorsB次元官网网址� after President Donald Trump laid out ambitions for the United States that belongs to Denmark.
Inatsisartut, GreenlandB次元官网网址檚 parliament, discussed the proposal that would also ban any single party from receiving domestic private contributions that exceed 200,000 Danish kroner (about $27,700) in total, or 20,000 kroner (about $2,770) for a single contributor.
The government of Greenland asked the parliamentB次元官网网址檚 five-member presidency to consider a bill aimed to B次元官网网址減rotect GreenlandB次元官网网址檚 political integrityB次元官网网址� that would take effect immediately.
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The move comes ahead of parliamentary elections that must be held no later than April in Greenland.
Kent Fridberg, a senior legal officer at parliament, said he did not know whether any such foreign donors had already contributed to GreenlandB次元官网网址檚 political parties and the idea for the bill was B次元官网网址渂asically a preventative measure.B次元官网网址�
Speaking by phone to The Associated Press, Fridberg noted TrumpB次元官网网址檚 expressed interest in Greenland B次元官网网址� and said some Russian politicians had voiced a similar interest B次元官网网址� and that parties on the island are generally funded by public means.
Before taking office for his second term on Jan. 20, Trump said he would not rule out the use of military force as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
The U.S. president reiterated his ambitions last week. His oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., visited the mineral-rich territory thatB次元官网网址檚 home to a large U.S. military base early last month : B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e going to treat you well.B次元官网网址�
