Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo

Sommario

1. Considerazioni introduttive. – 2. La posizione della Groenlandia nell’ordinamento costituzio- nale danese. – 3. Il nuovo statuto autonomico del 2009. – 4. La strada verso la definitiva indipendenza? – 5. Conclusioni.

Abstract

Before the introduction of Home Rule in 1979, the Greenland population was only in- volved in the government of the Country to a limited extent.With the establishment of the Home Rule Arrangement, it become possible for Greenland to assume legislative and executive power regarding important matters: after 30 years of Home Rule, practically all fields of responsibility that may be transferred under the Home Rule Act had been taken over by the Home Rule Government.On June 2009, a new Self-Government Arrangement for Greenland was enacted by the Dan- ish Parliament: a significant element of the arrangement – that is to be placed within the frame- work of the existing unity of the Realm – is that it will be possible for the Self-Government au- thorities to assume responsibility for more fields than those already taken over under the Home Rule Arrangement, with the exemption of the following: the Constitution, the Crown, foreign af- fairs, defence and security policy, the Supreme Court, exchange rate and monetary policy.Furthermore, the new Arrangement contains a special provision about the procedures to be used on how Greenland can become an independent State: the accepted point of depar- ture regarding Greenland independence is that this is the wish of the people of Greenland, in accordance with the right of self-determination under international law.