| Greenland is the land in question here, so I’m going to focus on that. #1 One definition of a “Sovereign State” is “a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power” From the information I gathered on Greenland and Denmark, Denmark does not have complete control over Greenland due to the Home Rule Act of 1979. Denmark still has some control over Greenland (foreign policy issues) but doesn’t have complete control of more local issues, and in recent events, the foreign policy issue is changing with more involvement coming from Greenland. #2 Greenland is not a member of the EU anymore due to their increased independence. Can anyone name another country that is partially in the EU like Denmark would be if you considered Greenland a part of the country? #3 In the Constitutional Act of Denmark, 5 June 1953, it stated that “Special rules for the representation of Greenland in the Folketing may be laid down by statute” and also “special rules may be provided by statute for the commencement and termination of Faroese and Greenland representation in the Folketing”. This to me looks like special treatment. #4 The CIA World Factbook Classifies Greenland and Faroe Islands under the “Dependency Status”, describing the formal relationship between a particular nonindependent entity (Greenland) and an independent state (Denmark). Thus, the CIA World Factbook keeps Denmark separate from Greenland and the Faroe Islands. |
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