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party is the propagation, popularization, and development of German education, culture, art, and language in Poland. In addition, German
Minority advocates for real social acceptance of multiculturalism and respecting and realizing the rights of national minorities, especially in education. Economically, the party states its commitment to welfare state and an economy based on Christian values, giving special importance to values of solidarity and justice. An important element in the functioning of the state according to the German Minority was integration into the European Union and the development of Polish-German cooperation - as such, the party supported Polish entrance in the European Union.
415:, which "could become a representation of the German population" in addition to German Minority. Wojtaszczyk found that the performance of Polish People's Party was particularly weak in areas with significant German minority, concluding that German Minority is ideologically similar to that party, with the main difference being that German Minority appeals specifically to the interests of German population, while PSL promotes purely Polish slogans. However, the electorate of German Minority mainly consists of older people, with many young Germans in Poland either emigrating or voting for Polish parties.
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family counselling centres and the church. The party believes that "the region is the right place to create health policy" and advocates for a heavily decentralised healthcare system that would focus on "equalisation of opportunities for regional operators". The party also calls for a high increase of salaries for teacher and healthcare workers, and believes that public facilities need to be modernised in order to be more accessible for the disabled and seniors. German
Minority also calls for free public transportation.
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928:"Despite the loss of our representative in the Polish Parliament, we firmly believe that the change that has taken place in the proportions of votes in the Sejm will bring about a democratisation of social life, an improvement in many fundamental pillars of the state and a return to elementary social dialogue." Political commentators attributed the loss of German seat to declining German population in Poland, "brutal atmosphere" of the campaign, and the very high turnout.
384:(70%) and Roman Catholic (90%). While homogenous culturally, the German society is facing significant political divisions, as well as declining numbers — young Polish Germans, increasingly better educated and holding German citizenship in addition to the Polish one, are leaving for more economically developed Germany in search of better living conditions. Germans in Poland also value their regional identity over the national one, which leads some of them to identify as
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without justice". As such, the party believes that Poland has an obligation to uphold equal rights for all, particularly caring for the needs of weak and small social groups. According to German
Minority, the solidarity of the German community in Silesia can be preserved through cultivating and upholding its tradition, especially the
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German
Minority emerged as the only major minority electoral committee running in Polish parliamentary elections since 1991. It is characterized by strong regionalism, with the problems of the Opole region and its population forming the basis of the committee's programme. One of the main goals of the
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In 2023, the list got 5.37% of valid votes in the Opole constituency and for the first time won no seats. This means that for the first time since 1990, the German minority had no political representation in the Polish Sejm. Following the loss of their single seat, German
Minority wrote a statement:
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In regards to economy, the party calls for building a system of equal opportunities, especially for the "weakest individuals in society". To this end, German
Minority wants free, state-financed kindergarten and greater financial support for family welfare institutions such as social welfare centres,
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German
Minority puts heavy emphasis on solidarity and corporatism in its program, stressing the importance of fostering a community in contrast to individualism. The party stresses that while everyone has the right to coexist, one "is also obliged to be in solidarity" and that "there is no freedom
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where
Germans make up more than 20% of the population. Germans are the largest minority group in Poland — according to the 2002 census, there were 152,897 Germans in Poland, and almost all of them (140 000) were located in Upper Silesia. The German minority in Poland is also overwhelmingly rural
494:. Polish political scientist Andrzej Szczepański found that the voter profile of the German Minority Electoral Committee is typical of a party of the left, particularly similar to the Democratic Left Alliance. It was also compared to left-wing Polish agrarian parties such as
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language. In addition, the party calls for a great decentralisation of Poland and empowerment of the local governments, especially in the regards to finances; German
Minority calls for local authorities to be given a bigger share of revenue from
889:(7,897 votes), lost his seat and announced his resignation from the chairmanship of the Social-Cultural Association of Germans in Silesian Opole, whose delegates are due to elect a new president early 2008. The 3 candidate list for the
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After 1989, several groups aiming to represent German minority interests in Poland had emerged, but German
Minority Electoral Committee became the most successful formation. The party first participated in the
345:, but an organization by which Poland's political system gives political representation to national minorities. Candidates of the German minority are proposed by the Social-Cultural Association of Germans in
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and had announced the rise from 2 to 3 seats as an electoral goal early in September, thanks to the personal votes of local mayors who were supposed to reinforce the list. The second former Sejm deputy,
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Increasing the quality of German language teaching in Polish schools, including German as a national minority language, and supporting and developing mechanisms to support bilingual education;
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A Minority Vote. Participation of the German and Belarusian Minorities within the Polish Political System 1989–1999
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In 2019, the party outlined six political issues as particularly important for the German Minority:
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Aktywność społeczno-polityczna mniejszości niemieckiej na Śląsku Opolskim po 1989 roku
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was reelected as the sole MP from the German Minority with 11,794 personal votes.
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didn't succeed in winning a single seat. According to the bilingual weekly
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1462:"Mniejszość niemiecka traci reprezentację w polskim Sejmie po 33 latach"
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1343:"Program Wyborczy KWW Mniejszość Niemiecka 2019: Opolskie ma Znaczenie"
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Results of voting in 2023 elections for Sejm. Sejm Constituency no. 21
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Aleksandra Kruk; Piotr Pochyły (2015). "Mniejszość Niemiecka".
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Support for young people, family values, and entrepreneurship.
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Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców Województwa Śląskiego
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Małgorzata Wojtaszczyk compared German Minority to agrarian
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Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców na Śląsku Opolskim
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Engelbert MiĹ›, 21 Kandidaten fĂĽr den Sejm, 3 fĂĽr den Senat
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Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence
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Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania
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Political parties and political associations in Poland
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German Minority supports Polish integration with the
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514:of 5% as standard political parties in Poland are.
1424:Election results »Poland» Sejm constituency no. 21
857:. The Opole list also won one seat in the Senate.
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2638:Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland"
2262:Social Movement of the Republic of Poland
2158:National Party of Retirees and Pensioners
2113:Edward Gierek's Economic Revival Movement
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2826:Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms
2709:Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union
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2497:Polish People's Party "Nowe Wyzwolenie"
170:Voivodeship Sejmik of Opole Voivodeship
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2118:Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras
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1305:Marzena Ĺšmierciak (16 October 2023).
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290:Votes for the German Minority in the
29:Komitet Wyborczy Mniejszość Niemiecka
1460:Marek Szczepanik (16 October 2023).
431:, and argues for laws supportive of
2774:League of the Right of the Republic
2693:Confederation of Independent Poland
2559:Confederation of Independent Poland
1487:. Kraków: Zakład Wydawniczy NOMOS.
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2368:Communist Party of Western Ukraine
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394:1991 Polish parliamentary election
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2554:Communist Party of Poland (Mijal)
2470:Polish Christian Democratic Party
2404:Christian Union of National Unity
2209:Polish Party of Animal Protection
1973:Confederation of the Polish Crown
1737:Confederation of the Polish Crown
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482:Equal treatment of women and men.
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2517:Polish Socialist Party – Left
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2436:National Radical Camp Falanga
1483:Rabagliati, Alastair (2001).
1263:Szczepański, Andrzej (2013).
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2923:Self-Defence Social Movement
2583:Polish United Workers' Party
2431:National Radical Camp (1934)
2251:Silesian Separatist Movement
2163:National Radical Camp (1993)
2128:First Self-Governance League
864:, the candidate list to the
862:2007 Parliamentary elections
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16:Minority committee in Poland
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2934:Solidarity Electoral Action
2821:National Self-Defence Front
2816:National Party "Fatherland"
2786:Liberal Democratic Congress
2698:Conservative People's Party
2618:Alternative Social Movement
2081:Union of Christian Families
2051:Agreement (political party)
1843:Union of European Democrats
1143:Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019).
872:, and only one seat in the
490:it formed a coalition with
488:2002 Polish local elections
73:3 Wczasowa Street, 47-400,
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2687:Coalition for the Republic
2239:Silesian Autonomy Movement
2224:Right Wing of the Republic
2169:National Revival of Poland
1388:Kampf um drei Sejm-Mandate
3051:German diaspora in Poland
3010:List of political parties
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2801:Movement for the Republic
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2928:Social Justice Movement
2769:League and Self-Defense
2676:Christian-Peasant Party
2565:Front of National Unity
2453:National Workers' Party
2448:National People's Union
2353:Catholic People's Party
2245:Silesian Regional Party
1243:Przegląd Narodowościowy
938:Opole Regional Assembly
936:Local elections to the
341:It is not a registered
133:European People's Party
116:Political position
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2578:Polish Workers' Party
2426:National Radical Camp
2392:Labour Faction (1937)
2257:Socialist Alternative
2143:Kashubian Association
2041:Alliance of Democrats
1989:Polish People's Party
1831:Polish People's Party
1700:Polish People's Party
413:Polish People's Party
398:social market economy
326:which represents the
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2464:Polish Catholic Bloc
2409:Camp of Great Poland
2234:Self-Defence Rebirth
2133:Freedom and Equality
1347:Mniejszość Niemiecka
1217:Mniejszość Niemiecka
855:Katowice Voivodeship
435:(in particular, the
388:rather than German.
359:Silesian Voivodeship
128:European affiliation
3066:Regionalist parties
2858:Peasants' Agreement
2661:Christian Democracy
2613:Alliance for Poland
2278:There is One Poland
2219:Real Politics Union
2204:Polish Pirate Party
2174:New Democracy - Yes
2027:political movements
1898:European Parliament
1658:Independents (15)**
1329:dfkschlesien.vdg.pl
1249:. Zielona GĂłra: 77.
241:mniejszoscniemiecka
102:Christian democracy
3015:Politics of Poland
2945:The Poor of Poland
2868:Poland Comes First
2780:Left and Democrats
2733:European Coalition
2398:National Democracy
2283:Workers' Democracy
2046:Silesians Together
1895:Represented in the
1818:Third Way (Poland)
1711:Independent (1)***
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1635:Polish Initiative
1274:978-83-7780-395-0
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2065:All-Polish Youth
2035:Polish Coalition
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1811:Independents (4)
1786:Independents (4)
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1693:Polish Coalition
1609:Independent (2)*
1592:Sovereign Poland
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1825:Poland 2050
1686:Poland 2050
1516:(in Polish)
1088:16.22 (#3)
1068:14.64 (#3)
1048:14.90 (#3)
1028:17.77 (#2)
1008:17.30 (#3)
988:18.61 (#2)
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212:178 / 1,139
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3030:Categories
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