Wiener demo ban: anger about police decision! Fundamental rights in danger?

Wiener demo ban: anger about police decision! Fundamental rights in danger?

In a dramatic turn, the Viennese police prohibited two large-scale FPÖ-close rallies! The demonstrations whose titles sound like an outcry in Vienna - "Peace and Neutrality! Against the Sugar Coalition!" - Should revitalize the city center next Saturday, but the authorities will end the spectacle. Official reasons? "The right to freedom of work of the Viennese shopping streets" and the "interest of the general public in the undisturbed flow of traffic" are based on the fundamental right to freedom of assembly. Pure excitement! The State Police Directorate Vienna announces that the CAMPARY CAMPARY should not be clouded by political rallies.

The initiatives behind the events - "fair thinking" and "family of humanity" - are anything but calm! As early as November 9th, they were planning a rally, which was postponed due to the upgrown protests. Now they show themselves combative! While the ban is made public on the website of "Fair Thinking", the organizers swear by legal steps and dreams of revival. At the same time, they rely on Plan B: Experience Vienna! Let's go for a walk through the imperial city and a visit to the Christmas markets, call them passionately.

unrest on Schwarzenbergplatz

And as if that does not hold enough chaos, rumors deal with: other exciting meetings could shape Saturday! Text demonstrations gather on the horizon of Schwarzenbergplatz, while the police secure with a contingent, not to leave anything to chance. If there are spontaneous crowds, they are dissolved without wague, it says by the police, who wants to ensure order.

fundamental rights vs. shopping joy

Social media cook with outrage! Bloggers and demonstrators foam over the priorities of the Viennese police. "Just because there is a shopping day?" Ask incredulously. On December 11, 2022, the authority said that the high level of freedom of assembly should not simply be restricted. But now the right to an undisturbed shopping tour as a comparison winner is leading! The dispute over whether the highest freedom is really good remains. The police refer to their line of argument and the threadable explanations that only hold up one topic: Saturday belongs to the shops!