Withdrawal of Greenland from the European Communities

The changing membership of the EU. Greenland is the large island at top left.

Greenland withdrew from the European Communities in 1985. This followed a referendum in 1982 in which 53% voted to leave.^[1]

References

↑ Jørn Boye Nielsen (2014), Bernard Cook, ed., Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, p. 541, ISBN 9781135179328

Further reading

Harhoff, Frederik (1983), "Greenland's Withdrawal from the European Communities", Common Market Law Review, 20 (1): 13–33

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