The then green environment minister Leonore Gewessler had activated a real government crisis when they signed the EU Renaturation Act in Brussels without the permission of the Turquoise Coalition Partner. With such political corner trains, however, it should be over in the future.
Because from 1 April a short story will enter into force that must prevent such beads. At least it is in the government program of the Zuckerl Coalition. “Important decisions of the coalition partners are made together and represented in public,” says the planned agreement. This applies both in the federal government and in parliament and in the EU.
This can prevent problems that occurred in the previous legislative period in the future, said Salzburg ÖVP Federal Councilor Andrea Eder-Gifttchthal.
Lawyers skeptical
Right -wing experts, however, are more than skeptical that this “Lex Gessler” would be in the case of a dispute. According to European lawyer Franz Leidenmühler (Johannes Kepler University in Linz), it remains to vote that the voice of a minister in the EU Council is decisive, even if this does not match the position of the government.
In the case of disagreements between two ministries, for example if you are responsible for a specific EU law, the issue of the federal government can be presented for advice, said Walter Obwexer of the University of Innsbruck. He advised to change the section accordingly.
The corresponding law, in which the responsibilities of the ministries are determined, comes from 1986 in its original form. According to Leidenmühler, this can only determine the rules within the Austrian government.
Source: Krone
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