Clearly, the German number electorate is crumbling. Plans to spread the Silesian nationality failed – and I am not certain that ever, they were inspired by the Germans.
This is confirmed by the Central Statistical Office (GUS) data given after almost 2 years of counting. In 10 years the number of Germans in Poland has decreased by 11.5 thousand, resulting in a decrease of about 8 percent. In 2002, the German national declared 147 000 people (Germany is the most inhabited population in the region of Opole – 78 000 people). During the last census, membership of the German people showed 132.5 1000 in the census, but only 38.7 1000 of them declared German nationality first.
The same process concerns elections in Poland. In 1991, the Germans obtained 7 parliamentary seats and 1 senatorial mandate. In 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2005 they had 2 more tickets. In 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 after 1 mandate. The decline is constantly observed from year to year. As in the early 1990s, Germany received 1.18 percent, so already 2001 0.36 percent, and 2019 only 0.17 percent. This besides changes radically in the region itself.
The same applies to the alleged Silesian nationality. I admit, I erstwhile saw a large threat in that.. That is why I joined the "Polish Silesia" Civic Movement then organized by the later deputy voivode Piotr Spyra. But those fears proved excessive. This environment is becoming little many and more divided. In the 2011 Census, the Silesian nationality declared 847 1000 people (436 1000 people declared it first), in 2021 there were only somewhat over 585 1000 (232 1000 people declared it first). We are seeing a drastic decrease of 30.9 percent and 47 percent, respectively! Despite the support of this option by many media related to the anti-script opposition.
I am not surprised, and at the same time I am happy. This confirms my colleague’s thesis of many years ago Witold Stanishkisthat to a large degree we have dealt not with any nationalistic national neo-minority, but with a mediocre national-like component that is incapable to pass on the cultural component to its successors. advanced Silesians note that organizations referring to autonomy have nothing to offer them.
Returning to the German issue – it must be remembered that a large part of these people in the past and present these are Poles not having much in common with Germany. I met them myself. The problem is that a large part of the nation is powerfully scolded by the rulers. If the embassy of Japan and any nipponese foundations announced that it would support people of nipponese origin in Poland financially, we would have here since the tremor of surgical offices offering plastic surgery. It is akin with the judaic minority. From what he wrote any time ago, the president of the judaic Cemetery Foundation “Gęsia” p. Boleslaw Szenicer It follows that a large proportion of those claiming to be Jews in Poland have nothing to do with this nation and its tradition. It simply pays to be judaic in the II Republic.
The Germans were our main enemy in the past. With varying intensity, this lasted for centuries. He was right, of course. Roman Dmowski and Wojciech Korfanty Indicating this threat as prime. It is besides apparent that Germany and their allies were our main enemies in the years of planet War II. Even after it there were real NRF actions towards Poland, which must have caused concern. This is 1 of the activities of the alleged German nationalities. But this is the song of the past. Fearing any rematch on the part of the state today, which is mostly subordinate to the same Adversary as Poland is not serious. There are tiny groups of sentimentalists who miss the Second or 3rd Reich, but they are not a real threat to Poland. In addition, akin groups operate in Poland and mention to II Poland.
From the German side, present I see threats another than nationalism, Nazism and chauvinism. They have nothing to do with Bismarck's tradition or Hitler's. The threat is simply a multi-colored and multi-nurtual ideology flowing from the “German” foundations, which support all the decay and anti-traditional movements in our country – from ecologicalism to feminism to complete absurdity of alleged equality. But these foundations and associations in the vast majority are present the same enemy of national Germany as national Poland. Because Anglo-Saxon and wider corporate globalisation does not foresee any national states in Europe. This has already been understood by any leaders of the German alternate Formation for Germany.
This does not, of course, mean that the German issue should be forgiven by our environment. The German State is inactive in an incomparably better economical position than Poland. We should observe, analyse and draw conclusions. But we must not yield to the dazzled and severely harmful blackmail that has been invented by specialists in the creation of politics acting in the favour of the Anglo-Saxons. Anti-Russian and later anti-German Law and Justice policy ordering unreasonably to swindle Russians first and then Germans is in the Polish interest. It's very harmful to us due to the fact that it makes us conflicted with 2 of our biggest neighbors. It's madness to make your neighbors enemies. This is very important. It is 1 of those things that must separate us from the insurrectional patriots. 1 of the top dangers for Poland present is the action of people who wear patriotic and even national robes to implement anti-Polish policy.
The real problem remains the issue of electoral ordination in Poland, which gives incomprehensible privileges to the national minority. Including no request to exceed the 5% electoral threshold. It is for this reason that there is always a typical of the German number in Parliament, despite the increasingly mediocre electoral results. And a typical of the German number is no problem. associate Richard Galla He says he's German and has German responsibilities. He does not hide behind any foundations, he does not talk about the common past and the necessity of establishing a Polish-German union. Germans in III Poland almost always respected Polish law and never caused major problems. However, the order must be changed, not due to the Germans, but due to the principle. Especially since another dangers may arise in the future. present the national structure of Polish society and the deficiency of electoral threshold are changing, can origin problems that have not occurred so far. And that is what those who mention to the tradition of national democracy should think about.
Łukasz Jastrzębski
Think Poland, No. 17-18 (23-30.04.2023)
