Inuit Ataqatigiit
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Inuit Ataqatigiit (Template:IPA, old spelling: Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation, Template:Langx, IA) is a democratic socialist, pro-independence political party in Greenland.<ref name=bbcnews>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=reuters>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=latimes>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> It is represented in the Folketing (the Danish parliament) by Aaja Chemnitz Larsen. Múte B. Egede has been the party's leader since December 2018.
History
The party was founded as a political organisation in 1976, born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s.Template:Citation needed
In 1982, the party successfully campaigned in a national referendum for Greenland to leave the European Economic Community (EEC).Template:Citation needed
Inuit Ataqatigiit made a major electoral breakthrough in the 2009 Greenlandic parliamentary election. Making gains from the 2005 Greenlandic parliamentary election, it doubled its total number of seats in the Parliament from seven to 14 seats out of 31, just two seats short of a majority, and nearly doubled its total vote share from 22.4% to 43.7%. It supplanted both its coalition partners, shifting the Forward party from first to second and the Democrats party from second to third.<ref name=bbcnews/><ref name=latimes/> At the 2014 elections, the party obtained 11 members in the Greenlandic parliament, but after elections in 2018, their share decreased to eight seats.<ref>Valg.gl</ref> Following the 2021 elections, Inuit Ataqatigiit once again became the largest party in the Greenlandic parliament, with 12 seats;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> it fell to third place with seven seats in 2025.
Ideology
The party has traditionally been in favour of a socialist economy, but parties to its left have criticised it for having gradually moved towards a capitalist approach, supporting a market economy and privatisation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Inuit Ataqatigiit believes that an independent Greenland should be competitive<ref name="loukacheva">Template:Cite book</ref> while fighting to keep the environment clean.<ref name="brookings">Template:Cite news</ref>
Election results
Inatsisartut
Folketing
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Template:Greenlandic political parties Template:Danish political parties
- Political parties in Greenland
- Pro-independence parties
- Democratic socialist parties in Europe
- Democratic socialist parties in North America
- Indigenous political parties in North America
- Left-wing nationalist parties
- Nationalist parties in North America
- Separatism in Denmark
- Political parties established in 1976
- Socialist parties in Greenland
- Greenlandic nationalism