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Greenland and the EEC
During the 1979 referendum dealing with membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), Greenland voted against membership. However, because of the affirmative election results in Denmark, Greenland was obliged to become involved in spite of its own vote. For a population whose economy and existence are inextricably dependent on the resources of the sea, being administered from Europe was untenable. Resistance grew against its participation in the EEC and finally on 1 February 1985, Greenland succeeded in freeing itself entirely from EEC membership through a referendum.

The Greenlandic national costume.

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