1982 Greenlandic European Communities membership referendum

1982 02 23 y Greenland Do you want Greenland to remain in the European Communities? 11,180 12,615 470 32391 A referendum on continued membership of the European Communities (EC) was held in Greenland on 23 February 1982. Greenland had joined the EC in 1973 when Denmark joined, even though a majority of 70% of the Greenlandic votes in the Danish EC referendum held in 1972 had been against membership. In the spring of 1981, after Greenlandic home rule had been established in 1979 and the eurosceptic party Siumut won the 1979 election, the Parliament of Greenland agreed to hold a referendum on its continued membership.Petersen, Nikolaj (2006) [2004] Dansk udenrigspolitiks historie 6: Europæisk og globalt engagement 1973–2006, 2nd. edition da. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, pp. 372–75. 978-87-0204-977-0. The result of the referendum was a majority in favour of leaving the EC, and this was enacted by the Greenland Treaty, which allowed the EC to keep its fishing rights.http://eu.nanoq.gl/Emner/EuGl/The%20Greenland%20Treaty.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20140416110747/http://eu.nanoq.gl/Emner/EuGl/The%20Greenland%20Treaty.aspx 2014-04-16 The Greenland Treaty of 1985 2016-06-25 Greenland continues to be considered one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the EU, giving it a special relationship with the Union. Results 12615 11180 470 32391 "Greenland's Withdrawal from the European Communities", by Frederik Harhoff, Common Market Law Review Vol. 20, pages 13-33 (1983) See also European Union Greenland and the European Union Greenland (European Parliament constituency) Withdrawal of Greenland from the European Communities References Greenland Category:Referendums in Greenland Category:1982 in Greenland Category:1982 in international relations Category:1982 in the European Economic Community Category:Referendums related to the European Union Category:Withdrawal from the European Union Category:February 1982 in Europe Category:Greenland–European Union relations Category:February 1982 in North America