ÖVP is thinking about Gautler via a ministerial position - what is behind it?

ÖVP is thinking about Gautler via a ministerial position - what is behind it?

In the current political events in Austria, the former climate protection minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) is moving into view because the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) applied for a ministerial position against them. According to vienna.at , the ÖVP consider to join this charges. ÖVP constitutional spokesman Wolfgang Gerstl has emphasized that a more than 50 percent probability of the success of the lawsuit in front of the Constitutional Court is necessary, otherwise the support will be refused so that we do not make weight as a "martyr".

The resentment towards Gewessler originated in their consent to the EU Renaturungsverung Ordin and their stop by several controversial road construction projects, including the Lobaut tunnel. This led to massive accusations of the FPÖ, which accused Guessler of violating applicable law for ideological reasons, since the deleted projects are part of the Federal Reasards Act. A decision on the ministerial administration also requires a majority in the National Council, which could come about through the votes of FPÖ and ÖVP.

the accusation and the background

The FPÖ argues that Gewessler has violated applicable law by overriding parliament. The ÖVP has now left the black-green coalition and is open to a ministerial clock, whereby an application has already been treated in the constitutional committee of the National Council, but the vote was postponed, as Kleinezeitung.at reported.

Wolfgang Gerstl from the ÖVP suggests holding an “expert hearing” in order to check the appropriateness of an indictment. The Greens, on the other hand, rejected the allegations, emphasizing that the projects needed a new review to avoid negative effects and to meet the current environmental standards.

legal framework conditions

A ministerial position can be initiated up to one year after leaving the ministerial office, the goal of charging the loss of the ministerial office is. In particularly severe cases, further sanctions are also possible, as the Constitutional Court (VfGH) specifies. The VfGH has the task of checking laws and making decisions that influence the application and understanding of legal provisions, as can be seen on parlament.gv.at In addition, the controversial planned measurement monitoring is currently being discussed in the Constitutional Committee, which meets with resistance between the coalition partners. Here the question arises whether the draft is constitutional to monitoring, which is considered problematic by some MPs.

Leonore Gewessler plans to be voted the new party leader at the Green Federal Congress in June, which promises additional political explosiveness in view of the current developments.