The author analyzes and compares constitutional protection of national/ethnic minorities in the EU member states. The article brings a detailed presentation of individual constitutional rights guaranteed by states to minorities in their territories (tables included). She focuses on five spheres - i.e. education, language, religion, culture and political participation. The results of the analysis show that constitutional protection of minorities is good or reasonably good only in a smaller part ofthe states concerned. Amongst the states ensuring their minorities special constitutional rights, the states strongly prevailing are those of Eastern and Central Europe.