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Protests against the academic ball: traffic chaos in Vienna expected
In Vienna, groups protest against the academic ball on March 7, 2025 to point out sexism and right -wing extremism.
Protests against the academic ball: traffic chaos in Vienna expected
On March 7, 2025, the signs are again on protest in Vienna, while the controversial academic ball of the FPÖ is imminent. The demonstration, which attracts numerous organizations, has a clear focus this year: the fight against sexism. As Axel Magnus explains from the "offensive against the right", the ball is used as a platform on the eve of international women's day to point out the backward gender roles of the ethnic fraternities. "We do not want to see this type of event in the Hofburg's state rooms," emphasizes Magnus. During the protest that begins at 7:00 p.m. on Michaelerplatz, groups such as the "Anti -Fascist Alliance Ballhausplatz", the Jewish Austrian university students (Jöh) and "Grandma against Right" are also demonstrated against the event criticized as a right -wing extremist, such as The website Austria.at reported.
Comprehensive traffic disruptions are to be expected in the inner city, since the police assume that the route of the demonstrators, which leads from the Schottenring over Wipplingerstrasse to Stephanplatz, will cause traffic. Parts of the Ringstrasse have been closed since the early evening, and additional short -term locks are expected to meet the encounters of demonstrators and ball participants. The Greens expressed sharp criticism of the choice of Hofburg as the venue of the ball, which they consider as a "fatal sign" for the human rights city of Vienna. Niki Kunrath said it was shameful that the FPÖ can continue to organize such an event in the heart of Vienna. In an open letter, the Jöh also called for the cancellation of the ball and described it shocking that German national fraternities dance in the most prestigious rooms in the republic, so reported Orf Vienna. .The academic ball has repeatedly triggered violent protests in the past, and while the situation has calmed down in recent years, the resentment against the organization and the guests remains unbroken. Numerous high-ranking FPÖ representatives, including the National Council President Walter Rosary, are back on the guest list. In the past, EU radicals such as Marine Le Pen also caused a sensation, which also fueled the protests.