Atassut

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Atassut
Atassut logo.jpg
Party leader Aqqalu Jerimiassen
Alignment Conservatism , liberalism , unionism
founding April 29, 1978
Headquarters Nuuk
Youth association Atassutip inuusuttaasa Kattuffiat
Sit in the Inatsisartut
2/31
Member of the Folketing not represented
https://atassut.gl/

The Atassut ( Greenlandic for “common sense” or “togetherness”) is a political party in Greenland .

history

When political groups emerged in Greenland in the mid-1970s, Atassut was founded between 1976 and 1977 as a liberal and conservative counterweight to Siumut . At first it was just a political movement. In 1977 the Atassut was manifested in Nuuk under Daniel Skifte , but it was not until April 29, 1978 that it was founded as a nationwide party. In 1981 there were already 59 local groups with a total of around 3000 members.

While the Siumut had independence from Denmark in mind as a long-term goal , the Atassut advocated maintaining the Rigsfællesskabet . In the first few years the party was tied with the Siumut in elections. In some cases it even got the most votes. Since there were only a few parties in Greenland at that time, the left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit always decided on the power of government that it gave to the social democratic Siumut. To date, the Atassut has never been the head of government despite its initial dominance.

From the 1990s, the election results deteriorated consistently in favor of the Inuit Ataqatigiit , but also because of the emergence of the more right-wing Kattusseqatigiit Partiiat and Demokraatit . Since 1995 the party has deteriorated in every election, so that it is now only the fifth strongest party in elections.

Political orientation

In addition to its commitment to maintaining the union with Denmark, Atassut represents conservative and liberal positions. The party advocates privatization and tax cuts. She supports Greenland's international connections and sees Greenland's exit from the European Union as an economic disadvantage for the country. She advocates membership of Greenland via Denmark in NATO and thus also the military presence of the USA at Thule Air Base .

Party leader

Election results

Parliamentary elections

choice be right Share of votes Seats space episode
1979 07,688 41.7%
8/21
 2 opposition
1983 11,443 46.6%
12/26
 1 opposition
1984 09,873 43.8%
11/25
 2 opposition
1987 10,043 40.1%
11/27
 1 Opposition, from 1988 tolerance of the minority government
1991 07,536 30.1%
8/27
 2 opposition
1995 07,674 30.1%
10/31
 2 Government Junior Partner
1999 07,100 25.2%
8/31
 2 Opposition, later junior partner of the government
2002 05,845 20.6%
7/31
 3 Government Junior Partner
2005 05,527 19.1%
6/31
 4th opposition
2009 03,094 10.9%
3/31
 4th opposition
2013 02,454 08.2%
2/31
 3 Government Junior Partner
2014 01.919 06.6%
2/31
 5 Junior partner of the government, from 2016 opposition
2018 01.730 06.0%
2/31
 5 Junior partner of the government, from 2019 opposition

Folk elections

choice be right Share of votes Seats space MP
1977 8,391 47.7%
1/2
 2 Otto Steenholdt
1979 6,390 44.9%
1/2
 1 Otto Steenholdt
1981 9.223 48.9%
1/2
 1 Otto Steenholdt
1984 9,308 43.5%
1/2
 1 Otto Steenholdt
1987 6,627 41.3%
1/2
 2 Otto Steenholdt
1988 8,135 38.7%
1/2
 2 Otto Steenholdt
1990 7,087 36.6%
1/2
 2 Otto Steenholdt
1994 7,501 34.7%
1/2
 2 Otto Steenholdt
1998 8,404 36.1%
1/2
 2 Ellen Kristensen
2001 5,138 22.1%
0/2
 3 not represented
2005 3,781 16.4%
0/2
 4th not represented
2007 4,097 16.3%
0/2
 4th not represented
2011 1,706 07.6%
0/2
 4th not represented
2015 1,528 07.6%
0/2
 4th not represented
2019 1,099 05.5%
0/2
 6th not represented

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jens Kaalhauge Nielsen: Atassut . In: Mark Nuttall (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Arctic . Routledge, New York / London 2005, ISBN 978-1-136-78680-8 , pp. 168 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ Atassut in Den Store Danske