Expulsion

Sudeten-German “abstain” on the home

The Sudeten Germans hold on longer to the “recovery” of your home. The Federal Assembly the purpose of its articles of Association, – a great success for the reformers of the distributed organization.

Women in historical Costumes of the Sudeten Germans

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The amendment was preceded by a months-long dispute was even brought before the court. Actually, the once written of purpose of the Association, the homeland of the ethnic group had been deleted to recover in the Czech Republic “again”, it is already a year out of the Statute. But in contrast, there was a big Protest within the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft. The opponents of Reform kept the Change for invalid and moved before the district court of Munich I. This gave the opponents of the law, but only for formal reasons. The content of the new articles of Association had been confirmed, according to the Association. Now, 72 percent of delegates confirmed the Changes again.

“Rate the Bridge”

To the top of the Sudeten Germans chose Posselt again Bernd. He was elected with 88 out of 100 votes of the Federal Assembly of the Association. The former, longstanding CSU members of the European Parliament is still the speaker and, therefore, the highest political representative of the ethnic group. His father was from the Sudetenland.

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Posselt is one of Reconciliation and understanding of the course between the Czechs and the Sudeten Germans. He had previously defended under his leadership, reforms against critics and the amendment to the articles with the long-practiced approach in the Czech Republic-founded: “of Course we want to continue our course of Opening up and bridging the gap,” said the 59-Year-old. Critics accused him, the rights of the Sudeten Germans.

3.5 million Sudeten Germans in the Federal Republic of

The Sudeten Germans have their roots in what is today the Czech Republic and are scattered since their expulsion from there over the whole world. In Germany, around 3.5 million people in the Sudeten-German ethnic group.

cw/sti (epd, dpa)