A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly because she intended to speak only in Greenlandic.
Lawmaker Aki-Matilda Hoeegh-Dam, representing Greenland , attends the opening of the Folketing, which is also the beginning of a new parliamentary year, at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Lawmaker Aki-Matilda Hoeegh-Dam, top right, representing Greenland , attends the opening of the Folketing, which is also the beginning of a new parliamentary year, at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.
During a traditional debate day Thursday, where parties’ political affairs spokespeople explain their party’s line, Hoegh-Dam stepped up to the podium and said she would only speak in the official language of Greenland. She had beforehand distributed a translation of her speech to the members of the assembly.
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