FUEN is presenting the European minorities in Berlin

During the weekend of 29-30 August, FUEN and its new AGDM-coordination office in Berlin presented itself during the Open Days of the German Federal Government in the new building of the German Ministry of the Interior in Berlin for the first time. AGDM – the Working Group of the German Minorities organised within the framework of FUEN – has existed since 1991 and currently joins together 21 German organisations across Europe.

Together with the Minority Secretariat in Germany and the four autochthonous minorities in Germany, this year also the German minorities who are represented in FUEN were given much attention. By being there, FUEN was able to inform the Berlin audience about AGDM, the German minorities in Central and Eastern Europe and in the CIS-states and to increase their knowledge.

The German Federal Government Commissioner for Issues related to Ethnic Resettlers and National Minorities Hartmut Koschyk MP was present as well. This year Mr Koschyk invited representatives of the German minority from Romania, since the year 2015 is dedicated to the memory of the deportation of Germans from Romania into the former Soviet Union 70 years ago. 

On the last day the German Minister of the Interior, Dr Thomas de Maizière also visited the stand of the minorities. He asked about the activities, praises the work and commitment and was happy with all the representatives, and especially happy with the participation of the Sorbs.

During the Open Days of the German government more than 10,000 people visited the new building of the Ministry of the Interior. As a whole, about 156,000 people visited the Open Days and received information about topics of their interest.