Priorities about the green species: during the last council meeting before the Vienna elections, the municipal councilor Berivan Aslan (Greens) originally wanted to submit an application to re -introduce the row of License tests in Turkish and Arabic. Your party is back now.
The election parties are in the last sprint. Four days before the elections next Sunday will continue to fight for every voice. Housing, integration, health and security are just a few of the topics related to Viennese. But something else seems to be much more important for a mandate of the Greens. Berivan Aslan argues for a reintroduction of multilingual driving tests: “For more road safety and equal opportunities.”
However, the controversial claim was not successful. Despite the announcement on social media, the mandatarin withdrew her. The question was just a concept, Aslan told the “Kroon”. “I am not an expert, but as a spokeswoman for integration I am of course for multilingualism.” She has now forwarded the application to her green colleagues in parliament because the federal government is responsible for this.
Since 2019, driving test tests are only possible in German, English, Croatian and Slovenian. Under former transport minister Norbert Hofer (FPö), the languages were abolished at the time Turkish and Arabic. For cost reasons. Despite the increasing demand, the municipal councilor of the ECOS complains. In 2017, Turkish with 3631 exams was the most used foreign language. In 2018 it was 2243. The green Rathaus club is now trying to calm down: “This requirement is no problem. Neither now neither in the past. No requests have been made.”
Minister of Transport is rejected
In any case, the Kurdin -born -born is part of the ideas of the Söz Migrant Party (Social Austria of the Future). The Söz not only calls for the reintroduction of the driving license test in Turkish, but also the expansion with Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Albanian, Dari, Farsi, Hindi and Arabic. “This increases the competence of the steering wheel and promotes integration through practice rather than exclusion.” In any case, there will be a clear cancellation from the Ministry of Transport Peter Hanke (Spö). The possibility to take the exam in Turkish only had a service character.
The figures would also show that the actual demand for Turkish speakers on the foreign languages offered was minimal. Only about two to three percent of all theoretical exams in Turkish (until 2019) were successful.
Source: Krone
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