Editing Block grant (section)

=== Denmark ===
{{See also|Greenlandic independence}}Greenland receives a block grant from Denmark. The block grant equals about two-thirds of Greenland's government budget<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7752660.stm|title=Danish doubts over Greenland vote|date=27 November 2008|work=BBC|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> or about one-quarter of the entire [[GDP]] of Greenland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/813742/climate-change-is-benefitting-greenland/|title=Greenland isn't in a rush to fight climate change because it's good for the country's economy|author=Rossi, M.|date=22 October 2016|work=Quartz|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> Economic stability is seen as a basis for full [[political independence]] from Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-rawmaterials/expert-foreign-interest-greenlan-news-514011|title=Greenland's mineral rush 'could lead to independence'|date=2012-07-25|website=euractiv.com|access-date=12 January 2015|quote=He said potential economic independence via the exports of natural resources could guarantee Greenland independence from Denmark.}}</ref> When [[Kim Kielsen]] was reelected with a strong majority as the leader of the largest Greenlandic pro-independence party [[Siumut]] in 2017, observers considered it a win for the "slow-independence" faction instead of the "now-independence" faction.<ref name="DR28July">{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/redaktoer-groenlaendere-vil-ikke-ofre-levestandard-selvstaendighed|title=Redaktør: Grønlændere vil ikke ofre levestandard for selvstændighed|author=Bjerregaard, M.|date=27 July 2017|work=DR|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> (His opponent, [[Vittus Qujaukitsoq]], had argued for independence even if it meant losing the large annual block grant from the Danish state.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sermitsiaq.ag/rundspoerge-selvstaendighed-ej|title=Rundspørge: Selvstændighed eller ej?|author=Olsen, D.|date=27 July 2017|work=[[Sermitsiaq (newspaper)|Sermitsiaq]]|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> If Greenland were to become an independent country, the annual block grant from Denmark to Greenland would cease.<ref name="Ritzau19Jan2018">{{cite web|url=http://sermitsiaq.ag/loekke-selvstaendigt-groenland-klare-oekonomisk|title=Løkke: Selvstændigt Grønland skal klare sig selv økonomisk|author=Ritzaus Bureau|date=19 January 2018|work=[[Sermitsiaq (newspaper)|Sermitsiaq]]|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref>