Greenlandic MP refuses to speak Danish in parliament debate

Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam gives seven-minute speech in native Inuit language and refuses to repeat in Danish

A Greenlandic MP has refused to speak Danish during a debate in the Danish parliament in Copenhagen and instead spoke in her native Inuit language, frustrating uncomprehending lawmakers and highlighting strained relations between Denmark and Greenland.

Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam, one of two members of the Danish parliament representing Greenland, gave a nearly seven-minute speech in Greenlandic during a debate on Friday about relations between Denmark and Greenland.