For the Greens it is a dilemma regarding the system of proportional representation in Upper Austria: although they have a seat in the state government, as an opposition party they find it very difficult to resolve their issues in the state parliament. Moreover, the majority of Green Party politicians appear in public only sparingly.
An August 19 request in the Vorchdorf municipal council about the Laudachsteg Ascherwinkel is the last political activity of Reinhard Ammer to be mentioned on the website of the Green State Parliament Club. That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s stopped working since then; the representative of the state parliament may simply not have communicated his work publicly.
Preliminary publicity
The example is symptomatic of much of the green team, which has been in state parliament for three years. MPs such as Anne-Sophie Bauer, Ulrike Schwarz and Dagmar Engl are also making rather cautious steps into public consciousness.
165 applications to the state parliament
The Green State Parliament Club is certainly not standing still, as a balance sheet halfway through the legislature shows: 103 of its own applications have been submitted since 2021. There are also 62 applications together with other factions. The problem: the Greens can hardly penetrate the black-blue coalition with their core interests in the field of climate and soil protection and the energy and mobility transition.
Federal government without the Greens
And the dilemma could worsen if – as seems likely – the future federal government can do without the Greens. In this case, club boss Severin Mayr is extremely motivated: “Every Green MP and we as a whole team promise the greatest possible commitment to Upper Austria.”
We are excited – because at the moment the Greens, with the ubiquitous State Councilor Stefan Kaineder, are seen more as a one-man show.
Source: Krone
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