Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler was unanimously elected on Friday to replace party leader Werner Kogler. She accepts the new task “with great courage and many thanks”. In addition to Gewessler, the Upper Austrian Environmental Council Stefan Kaineder is the deputy party leader of the Greens.
Gewessler was elected as a deputy to party leader Werner Kogler (Greens) on Friday in an expanded federal executive committee (EBV) in Vienna. In this position, she replaces MP Nina Tomaselli, who wants to focus on her work in the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, Kogler reported. Gewessler accepted her new assignment “with great courage and many thanks”. Your party is ready to meet the challenges and create the energy transition.
NEOS exempt from criticism
The press conference after the meeting focused mainly on the gas crisis and criticism of the government. “Other governments of all stripes – except NEOS – have driven this cart in the sand and we are now trying to drive it away,” Kogler said. Already in the winters of 2008 to 2010, there were reasons to break with dependence on Russian gas. The government should have acted at the latest after the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and the start of the fighting in Donbass. At that time, Austria had a grand coalition (ÖVP-FPÖ) under Chancellor Werner Faymann (SPÖ).
Gas crisis: prepare for all scenarios
“We need to get rid of fossil fuels and our dependence on Putin (Russian President Vladimir Putin, take note),” said Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler. She does not rule out that the gas tap will close completely, so you have to be prepared for all scenarios, including a total stop. The government is aware of the gravity of the situation. Gas delivery volumes and storage are not alarming at this point.
Source: Krone
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