2023-10-29 03:02:00
Chancellor Nehammer wants to ban the desecration of state symbols. The Chancellor’s initiative also includes the protection of Israeli flags and is necessary following there has been an increase in public burnings in several EU countries in recent weeks.
This is intended to close an existing legal gap in StGB § 317 (degradation of foreign symbols). So far, it is only punishable to desecrate the emblems of a foreign state that have been affixed by an authority or embassy. In the future, all such insults, such as the burning of flags, should be consistently sanctioned and thus stopped.
The Chancellor has commissioned the Interior Minister and the Constitutional Minister to draw up a proposal that would make such denigrations punishable and close the legal loophole.
Nehammer: “The glorification of terror and anti-Semitism have no place in Austria. I do not accept that extremists take to our streets, spread terror and desecrate Israeli state symbols. This is not a trivial offense, but an attack on our free society and must have clear consequences . We will defend our Western values with all means of the rule of law and show clear boundaries. I believe in a safe Austria in which peaceful coexistence is guaranteed.”
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