Last year he failed in the application to abolish the city council – because city leader Linz’s liberal mayoral candidate Michael Raml was able to implement the plan. “If I become city manager, I guarantee that our texts will again be accessible to everyone. Language should not be a barrier.”
The gender debate is flaring up again. Whether at the oldest university in the German-speaking region in Vienna, where students suffer from language censorship, or here, where FP boss Michael Raml wants to declare war on the gender star.
According to him, what started with the laudable intention of promoting gender equality in language has turned into a difficult to understand mixture of gender stars, internal I’s and other special characters.
Raml demands clear language at the town hall
“Official German is difficult enough. The language must be such that all citizens can understand it – regardless of education, age or origin,” the liberal emphasizes. The German Spelling Council also has a clear position: special characters do not belong in official texts. This recommendation was even implemented in the law firm regulations of the state of Lower Austria to ensure the readability and understandability of official documents. “Why can Lower Austria do this, but Linz cannot?” Raml asks provocatively.
Source: Krone
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