[2] Rudi Pawelka told the Daily Telegraph on 15 February 2004 that: Germans held lands and properties in what is now Poland for hundreds of years.
Also, the Polish Sejm declared that Poland will demand war reparations from Germany if the German government does not end the press for compensations.
The corporation's activities have been repudiated by some German politicians who have addressed the issue, including the president of the Federation of Expellees, Erika Steinbach.
[4] In December 2006, the corporation filed 23 individual claims against Poland in the European Court of Human Rights, an action which has been condemned by both the Polish and German governments.
Nor does this provision impose any restrictions on the Contracting States’ freedom to determine the scope of property restitution or rehabilitation laws.