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Polish minority in Germany nierozumian and unrepresented by the current Polish government

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Negotiations on my knees

How not to look, it's not Polish politicians, but the letter of Polish organizations in Germany, issued in August 2009 to Mrs. Chancellor Angela Merkel made it possible to begin concrete talks on Polish-German relations and, more specifically, to draw attention to the failure of Germany's obligations under the concluded twenty years ago, good-neighborly treaty. This anniversary is an excellent opportunity to take stock and perhaps only chance to improve the situation zaodrzańskich Poles.

As we know, German politicians have expressed their readiness to rehabilitate the Poles persecuted during the Third Reich. Under Regulation Hermann Goering in 1940 was liquidated Polish minority, requisitioned her property and assets, and the organization of Polish activists were deported to concentration camps. Well, that in modern Germany, there is the will of their rehabilitation after 66 years since the end of the war, wrong that Polish negotiators give up his good starting position, not to say, keep talking about it on his lap. Apparently they are for, but ...

I quote from a letter dated 10 January 2011 This document is called "Minutes of the meeting of the Preparatory Working Group meeting on" Issues prawno-historyczne/Kultura memory. " Warsaw, Prime Minister's Chancellery, the Round Table Room, 5 January 2011 "As we read further," The main purpose of the meeting, organized by Christopher Miszczak, PRM Bureau Director for International Dialogue, co-working group "Issues prawno-historyczne/Kultura memory," was to prepare Polish-German talks on the situation of Polish national group in Germany, which will be dated. January 18 this year. in Berlin. Participants talked about issues, who will be in the block "memory culture" subject of talks with German partners. "One of the final sentence of this protocol is as follows:" Participants agreed to waive application of the term "Polish minority," and use the terminology used for the treaty. "

It's amazing that the Polish side of the mountains agrees to a significant concession. What led to the director Miszczak on this? I recall that it holds the position of Prime Minister Plenipotentiary for International Dialogue, Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski. Was it an independent decision of Mr Miszczak, or suggestion, and may require the supervisor? And another question: Does the Minister Radoslaw Sikorski knew something about it. A few weeks later, ie 16 March 2011, Polish Foreign Minister said at the pulpit of the Sejm: "On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Treaty on good neighborliness and friendly cooperation intensified talks on the Rights of the Polish minority. "(page 10 and 11 transcripts from the meeting of the Sejm (http://orka2.sejm.gov.pl/StenoInter6.nsf/0/CD0C11E6036E3398C125785A0051F0B2/ $ file/87_a_ksiazka . pdf). Who then decides that he at the start the Polish side departs from the fundamental issue. The Polish minority in Germany is not disappeared, their descendants are living, there is also still the prewar, during the Third Reich outlawed Union of Poles in Germany, "Source". Is Polish politicians "bought" the German argument that restoring the status of minorities (which in fact is quite understandable under the law if we believe - as does the present government of Germany - a non-existent regulation Göring) is not possible because in Germany immediately demanded that the the Turks, Serbs, Bosnians, etc., etc.? This type of reasoning can be safely classified ad absurdum, because, I repeat emphatically, none of these ethnic groups have never had the rights of minorities and will never have grounds to apply for them. It is worth recalling that the Poles found themselves in Germany on a trip to the "Orbis", but derive from the land owned by the turn of the century in both countries, and from areas seized after the partition of Polish. He then became internal migrants who have relocated in search of a better life, such as the Ruhr area.

German side hopes that one will be the subject promises zwekslować adds a few cents on the activities of Polish NGOs, and thus avoid historical responsibility. Surprisingly, on Thursday 14/4/2011, during XV. Polish-German Forum in Berlin, cond. Miszczak assured the hosts that no one in Poland does not want to recognize the Polish minority in Germany. In this situation, is not unreasonable to question whether the old home is simply not care status of Poles in Germany and the Polish government propaganda in the name of the glitz of the allegedly excellent relations with the western neighbor sells what for Germany on the Polish Germans would have been unthinkable? Speaking on the occasion of the ongoing arrangements for the German negotiators want more opportunities to access the German minority in Poland to the media and the funding of its objects. Personally I have nothing against, I believe that there is nothing in the way (if there are such possibilities) to meet those wishes, in the name of good neighborly relations. Polish Germans, that's basically the Poles of German origin.

As this illustrates, the German side is able to care for their compatriots outside the boundary and their own interests, to mention just being built against the Warsaw protests, the German-Russian gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea without Polish, or even a museum displaced, pushed through by the supposedly "Ms. Nobody" ... That's right, Germany is pursuing a consistent, far-sighted policies and achieve their goals. Poland - it seems - has only a short-term goals: shared photographs of handshakes for election purposes. Is that's what really friendly and partner, in a word - good-neighborly relations?

The author is a lawyer in Berlin, representing, among others organizations of the Polish and the Polish minority in Germany