57_84 interference 84. Thrace. Moreover, the Commission notes that the statements of these organisations called for collective action by the pupils and teachers to protest against a ministerial decision concerning the functioning of the minority schools. Finally, according to the Council of State, dismissal was the appropriate penalty in the particular circumstances of the case because the statements with which the applicant had associated the failure to perform his duties affirmed the "Turkish" identity of the minority of Western Thrace. The Council of State considered that, by doing so, the applicant had, inter alia, disrupted the harmonious coexistence between the Greek citizens, Muslim and