Greenlanders Announce New Governing Coalition Ahead of Vance Visit

The new governing coalition includes four of the five political parties that won seats in Greenland’s March 11 election.

Greenland's outgoing Prime Minister and head of the left green party Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) Mute Bourup Egede (2nd L) and leader of Greenland's center-right Demokraatit party Jens Frederik Nielsen (2nd R) march to the U.S. Consulate during a demonstration, under the slogan 'Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people', in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 15, 2025. Christian Klindt Soelbeck / Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images

Just hours before U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Greenland, a quartet of political parties announced they had formed a coalition to govern the semi-autonomous Danish island territory.

The new governing coalition includes four of the five parties that won seats in Greenland’s March 11 parliamentary election, representing 23 of the country’s 31 legislative seats. The national newspaper Sermitsiaq reported that representatives of Greenland’s Demokraatit, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Siumut, and Atassut parties gathered for a March 28 signing ceremony to enact the new governing agreement.