Greenlandic independence that Greenland needs to make it clear if they wish to remain a part of the Kingdom or independent. If an independent country, the annual block grant from Denmark to Greenland will cease. In 2008, independence campaigners touted the year 2021 (the 300th anniversary of Danish colonial rule) as a date for potential independence. Greenlandic independence Greenlandic independence is a political ambition of some political parties (such as Siumut, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Partii Naleraq, and Nunatta Qitornai), advocacy groups, and individuals of Greenland, an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark, to become an independent sovereign state. Greenland's present population are
Greenland–European Union relations The EU is Greenland's main trading partner. However, Greenland ranks as the EU's 103rd largest trading partner. In 2009 the EU put in place an import ban on seal fur on grounds on animal cruelty, but made exemptions for Inuit communities in Greenland and Canada in order to protect their way of life. The ban only allows small scale hunts for population control and local circulation – produce is not allowed to enter the EU. The ban angered those communities in the Arctic Circle who depend on sales from large scale seal hunting. Greenland is one of the Overseas Countries