Leonore Gewessler: Green favorite announces candidacy for party chairmanship!

Leonore Gewessler: Green favorite announces candidacy for party chairmanship!

Wien, Österreich - Ex-Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler has announced her candidacy for the office of the Greens Federal Proterer. In a video that she published on the Bluesky platform, she said: "I'm doing it. I am running as the Greens' spokeswoman." This announcement takes place in the context of Werner Kogler's upcoming resignation, who is looking for his successor. Gewessler is considered a favorite for the post, and the party leadership is elected on June 29. Kogler and other potential competitors such as Alma Zadić and Stefan Kaineder support them, which also strengthens their chances.

GEUSSLER's commitment in the green movement goes far back. Before her political career, she was a founding director of the Green European Foundation in Brussels and was actively committed to environmental protection projects. From her time as Federal Minister of Climate Protection and Transport, the climate, which was introduced in October 2021 and contributed significantly to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Gewessler sees itself as a lawyer of the environment and рrew sustainable policies.

fighting spirit and visions for the future

In the video in which she announced her candidacy, Gewessler emphasized that she would be actively going and did not want to be pushed to the sidelines. She recognizes the big footsteps of Kogler and speaks of the challenges that the party is imminent. Gewessler calls for a return to joy and courage in the fight for the future. The Greens should remain true to their self -image as a climate protection party, but at the same time listen better in terms of people's needs.

Your plan is to focus more on topics such as foreign policy, business, security and women's policy. Gewessler emphasizes the importance of freedom of choice of women in relation to childcare and work and at the same time confessed the Greens' mistakes in the past five years. It is convinced that an improvement in internal communication and the focus on basic social challenges are necessary to make the Greens sustainable.

• Voting on the leadership question of the Greens: June 29
• Gewessler started her political career as a member of the National Council.
• She was in the government under Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and was actively working on climate protection projects.

The election campaign to the federal chairman begins for Gewessler in a crucial phase, almost three weeks before the Vienna election, and offers it the opportunity to give the party momentum. The Greens have announced that the application deadline for the successor of Kogler begins at the beginning of May at the earliest, but the submission is already at the beginning of June, which gives Gewessler a fair chance of clearly positioning itself.

The public interest in Gewessler's candidacy is great. Your statement will cause both the party base and externally mixed reactions, and it is popular within the Greens while polarizing it externally. The proof of their popularity and leadership qualities will be shown in the coming months when the Greens choose their new top and determine the direction for the next few years.