Rejection of Warsaw’s policy

  • 2012-04-11
  • By Rokas M. Tracevskis
VILNIUS - A group of Lithuanian MPs representing mostly the ruling center-right parliamentary factions registered a draft calling for the banning of the right to be elected to parliament for those who possess a Pole’s Card. A Pole’s Card is an ID-style document confirming that one belongs to the Polish nation. The state of Poland started issuing these cards to Polish-origin inhabitants of the former USSR in 2007.A Pole’s Card gives the holder the opportunity for discount purchasing of transport tickets in Poland, free admission to museums in Poland as well as vario...
 
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