Greenland’s government is to receive a cash injection from the European Union to help support training efforts. The subsidy of 200 million kroner (USD 33 million) will be given to the country every year until 2013 to help boost Greenland’s educational facilities.
Greenland must produce reports explaining how the money is being used and the results of training in exchange for a cut of the cash. The current EU-Greenland partnership is to be evaluated and renegotiated next year, when a new agreement for the period of 2014 to 2020 will be reached.
Last year, the country achieved 97 percent of stated objectives and received almost 100 percent of the 200 million kroner kitty. The money makes a big different to Greenland and its annual budget, according to Siku News.
Along with the fisheries agreement, the EU assistance sees around 320 million kroner (USD 52 million) pumped into to Greenland each year. This amounts to around 5.3 percent of the government’s total revenues for 2010. A spokesperson for the EU said the money was offered “to support Greenland’s exceptional education efforts.”
“would be a valuable asset to the financial criminals that feed the EU”
Feed of the EU :)
Like the rats that are buying the Greek islands now, for example.
The EU is trying to get a foothold in the Actic, Greenland is rich of metals, oil, gas, water and fish, so it would be a valuable asset to the financial criminals that feed the EU, this looks like a long term plan to “educate” Greenlanders and make therm less sceptic of ther EU, and less protective of the enviroment, there is no crisis in Greenland, nor is one likely to be in the future, so the EU seems to be focusing at ways to brainwash the Greenlanders.
The Greenlanders would be quite happy to live their lifes as they have always lived, hunting and fishing.
There should be international laws that ban offshore drilling in areas where large fishingstocks and wildlife could be at risk,
i dont want the EU anywhere near Greenland, anymore than i want them exploiting Icelands natural resources.
Iceland, Faroe islands and Norway should be helping Greenland when they need help, not the EU or EU related countries.
I would urge Nuuk to reject the money. The strings are not worth it. Such money is poisoned and will make it easier for the Eurogarchs to meddle in Greenland’s affairs.
Just as the American federal government destroyed public education in the U.S.A, using education money as bait, EU money for education will be used to undermine Greenlandic society and the children being raised up to take part in it. The knowledge necessary to train up a new generation has long ago been paid for by centuries of experience. The only money that’s needed is for teachers and facilities to pass on that knowledge. Anything more is either bureaucratic bloat or a Trojan Horse full of malicious social engineers.
If more money is needed for building repairs, books, teachers, or any other vital component of a classical education, then let that money come from Copenhagen.
Fine, let Denmark pay for the schools then. Greenland is not a part of the EU. If they want the cash, they could at least have the decency to stay in it :) .
In 1985, Greenland left the European Community (EC), unlike Denmark, which remains a member. The EC later became the EU (European Union) when it was renamed and expanded in scope in 1992. Greenland retains some ties with the EU via Denmark. However, EU law largely does not apply to Greenland except in the area of trade.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland#Politics
? Greenland is part of Denmark. Denmark is in the EU.
I always thought that Greenland is not a part of EU?!