The Persistence of the De Gasperi-Gruber Agreement in the Settlement of the South Tyrol Question
Journal title VENTUNESIMO SECOLO
Author/s Giovanni Bernardini
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/58
Language Italian Pages 20 P. 125-144 File size 97 KB
DOI 10.3280/XXI2026-058007
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The article examines the persistence of the De Gasperi-Gruber Agreement between 1947 and 1972, showing that it continued to operate as an international legal constraint, a framework for political and legal argument, and a benchmark for compliance. Reconstructing the Italian-Austrian dispute, its passage to the United Nations, the negotiations of the 1960s and the development of the South Tyrol Package, the author argues that the Second Statute of Autonomy did not replace the 1946 Agreement but translated its principles into powers, guarantees and verifi able procedures, thereby stabilizing the South Tyrol question.
Keywords: De Gasperi-Gruber Agreement; South Tyrol; territorial autonomy; Italian-Austrian relations; ethnonationalism.
Giovanni Bernardini, La persistenza dell’accordo De Gasperi-Gruber nella soluzione della questione sudtirolese in "VENTUNESIMO SECOLO" 58/2026, pp 125-144, DOI: 10.3280/XXI2026-058007