A Greenlandic MP on Friday refused to speak Danish during a debate in the Danish parliament and instead spoke in her native Inuit language, frustrating uncomprehending lawmakers and highlighting strained relations between Denmark and Greenland.
Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam, one of two members of the Danish parliament representing Greenland, held a nearly 7-minute long speech in Greenlandic during a debate about relations between Denmark and Greenland.
Hoegh-Dam refused after the speaker of the parliament encouraged her to repeat her speech in Danish.