Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s trip to Russian President Vladimir Putin was just a brief distraction from the People’s Party’s domestic problems — from the Cobra affair to various investigations.
The ÖVP is on the defensive, and not just since yesterday. Almost every week, new problems arise that put the People’s Party in trouble. An overview of the fronts on which the ÖVP is currently struggling.
Cobra affair: The latest topic that the ÖVP is anything but welcome is the Cobra affair. After a drink in the chancellor’s apartment with Katharina, Karl Nehammer’s wife, bodyguards are said to have caused a car accident while drunk. The Public Prosecution Service is now investigating the suspicion of abuse of office in the case.
The reason for this is an anonymous letter, according to which an attempt was later made to cover up the incident. It is unclear who is being investigated, it may be Cobra director Bernhard Treibenreif.
Investigations against representatives of ÖVP: Since the Ibiza video came out, new proceedings have been launched against prominent ÖVP suspects. Some lawsuits have already been dropped, but the majority are still under investigation – in numerous cases, such as casinos, surveys and tax laws. you
Among the suspects: ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, ex-Finance Ministers Gernot Blümel and Hans Jörg Schelling, ex-Justice Minister Wolfgang Brandstetter, ex-Family Affairs Minister Sophie Karmasin and National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka.
ÖVP subcommittee: Since March, the ÖVP U Commission also ensures that the alleged misdeeds of the People’s Party do not disappear from the headlines. He has set himself the task of clearing up possible corruption within the “Turkish system”, as the opposition calls it. The ÖVP’s strategy of drawing attention to other parties or expanding the investigation into them has hardly been successful.
Advertising Cause: In several states, advertising matters have recently become public, with party media receiving funding from public institutions. The media usually has a modest reach, but an exuberant payment flow. It gets spicy when the money flows back to the relevant party in this way.
The most recent example is the newspaper of the business association ÖVP in Vorarlberg. Similar ad structures should exist in other countries as well. Not only in the ÖVP, of course. The procedure is not prohibited, but it still creates a skewed look.
Source: Krone
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