Czech coalition to seek motion urging Sudeten German Congress in Brno be cancelled

The governing coalition plans to submit a motion to the Chamber of Deputies calling on organizers of the upcoming Sudeten German congress in Brno to abandon the event in the interest of social reconciliation. The declaration was presented to reporters by lower house speaker and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) leader Tomio Okamura.

The Sudeten Landsmannshaft congress, is scheduled to take place in Brno (May 22 to May 25) for the first time ever, at the invitation of Meeting Brno –a group that promotes cultural activities and organizes the so-called March of Reconciliation, commemorating the post-war expulsion of Brno’s German population. The decision has sparked loud protests from the locals who fear pressure from the German association for the Czech Republic to rescind the post-war Benes decrees.

The Landsmannshaft Association (SdL), which represents the interests of Germans expelled from Czechoslovakia after World War Two and their descendants.