RFE/RL: More on German minority in Poland

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RFE/RL: More on German minority in Poland


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RFE/RL Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine Report
Vol. 2, No. 12, 28 March 2000
 
A Survey of Developments in Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine by the
Regional Specialists of RFE/RL's Newsline Team.
 
POLAND

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GERMAN MINORITY AGAIN TRIES TO REGISTER TRADE UNION. A district court
in Opole on 17 March refused for the second time to register a German
minority trade union, dpa reported. The union had first applied for
registration last month (see "RFE/RL Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine
Report," 15 February 2000), but the court ruled that a statute
extending the activity of the union beyond Poland to include the whole
territory of the EU violates Polish law. The union founders
subsequently limited the area of activity to Poland and changed the
organization's name from the German Minority Trade Union to the Trade
Union of Germans. Last week, however, the court again rejected the
union's application, saying that the union's new name, along with
various provisions of the union's charter, would enable foreigners to
become union members, which is against Polish law. The court gave the
founders two weeks to adjust the union's statutes to conform with
Polish legislation on trade unions. Harald Broll, one of the founders,
told the Polish news agency PAP that the union will try to find a
legal solution that would allow the union to represent its members
outside Poland. It is estimated that some 100,000 Polish-Germans with
dual, Polish-German citizenship currently work in Germany. JM

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