2023-06-16 12:48:49
Vienna (PK) – Numerous committees will meet next week. Among other things, some legislative projects submitted by the government, such as the ORF reform package, are being negotiated. The new episode of Politik am Ring is regarding Austria’s climate goals. International visits are also on the Parliament’s programme.
Monday 19 June 2023
Members of the Bilateral Parliamentary Group Austria-Kosovo are staying in Kosovo until June 20th.
9:00 a.m.:
National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka and the Parliamentary Commission for the Federal Armed Forces invite you to the 15th International Conference of Ombudsman Institutions for the Armed Forces (ICOAF). The two-day conference will be opened by the President of the National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka, the Chair of the Federal Army Commission, Robert Laimer, the Minister of Defense, Klaudia Tanner, and the Chair of the Geneva Center for Security Sector Governance, Nathalie Chuard. (Houses of Parliament)
Media representatives are asked to register in advance at medienservice@parlament.gv.at.
9 p.m.:
In the new episode Politics am Ring is regarding the question: How does Austria want to achieve its climate goals? The representatives of the five parliamentary groups Joachim Schnabel (ÖVP), Julia Herr (SPÖ), Walter Rauch (FPÖ), Lukas Hammer (Greens) and Michael Bernhard (NEOS) will discuss this with lawyer Michaela Krömer and Reinhard Steurer from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences . The discussion program is moderated by Gerald Groß. (parliament, plenary)
The program is broadcast live in Parliament’s media library and is permanently available following the recording. Media companies can take over the live stream free of charge and show the entire program or excerpts for information purposes.
Tuesday 20 June 2023
09.00 a.m:
The Constitutional Committee has scheduled a meeting. Due to the setting of deadlines, he will in any case discuss the ORF reform package, the inclusion of some special corona regulations for administrative procedures in permanent law, the so-called Terrorism Content Act and changes in the Private Radio and Audiovisual Media Services Act. (Parliament, Bundesratsaal)
10.00 a.m.:
The Court of Audit Committee negotiates the reports from the Court of Auditors on the Federal Financing Agency, on COFAG and its subsidies to companies, on legal remedies in the tax administration and on the switch from the citizen card or mobile phone signature to the electronic proof of identity “E-ID”. (Parliament, Erwin Schrödinger Local 1)
11:45 a.m.:
National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka meets with the President of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, Sahiba Ali Gizi Gafarova, for talks. (parliament, reception room)
Wednesday 21 June 2023
The budget spokespersons of the parliamentary groups are in Berlin for official visits until June 22nd.
10.00 a.m.:
In the Committee for Buildings and Housing there is a public hearing with experts on the referendum “Right to Housing”. (Parliament, National Council Chamber)
The entire hearing will be broadcast live in Parliament’s media library. Media representatives are asked to register in advance at medienservice@parlament.gv.at.
11:00 a.m.:
The touring exhibition Parliament on Tour, which can be seen in Tyrol until July 7th, will be welcomed in Innsbruck by the President of the National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka, and the President of the Tyrolean Parliament, Sonja Ledl-Rossmann. The exhibition is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Innsbruck, Böhm-Bawerk-Platz)
11.30 a.m.:
Federal Council President Günter Kovacs will also meet with the President of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, Sahiba Ali Gizi Gafarova, to exchange ideas. (parliament, presidents)
12.30 p.m.:
The agenda for the interior committee has not yet been fixed. Among other things, government bills on the so-called Crisis Security Act as well as on the investigation and
Complaints office for allegations of mistreatment once morest the police.
1 p.m.:
The Equal Treatment Committee is planning a current discussion with Minister for Women Susanne Raab. A government bill recently received by the National Council provides for an expansion of shelters for women affected by violence and their children. (Parliament, Ludwig Wittgenstein Local 5)
2.30 p.m.:
The Committee on Economics and Industry has not yet fixed its negotiation program.
Thursday 22 June 2023
10.00 a.m.:
The Education Committee is planning a topical discussion with Minister Martin Polaschek. In addition, among other things, the current report of the Federal Student Council and a number of motions for resolutions are to be discussed. It is regarding energy efficiency and sustainability in schools, covering the costs of excursions to memorial sites, expanding childcare and German as a language during breaks.
2 p.m.:
In the Tourism Committee, the MPs discuss the current report on the situation in the Austrian tourism industry and some opposition demands. It is regarding new forms of accommodation, labor shortages and a package of measures for business transfers. (Parliament, Erwin Schrödinger Local 1)
5 p.m.:
Federal Council President Günter Kovacs invites you to the book presentation “30 Years RE.FUGIUS Rechnitz Refugee and Commemoration Initiative”. As a result of the “Waldheim debate” in the mid-1980s, questions were asked regarding the responsibility and involvement of Austrians in the crimes of World War II and the Holocaust. A new view of history became necessary. In the publication that is being presented, the change in this culture of remembrance is presented using the example of RE.FUGIUS. Opening words came from Federal Council President Günter Kovacs, greetings from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria Herwig Hösele and the Deputy Secretary General and Scientific Director of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria Renate Meissner. In interviews, Christine Teuschler, Eva Schwarzmayer, Horst Horvath and Paul Gulda talk regarding their work in the Rechnitz refugee and memorial initiative. Closing words come from the writer and historian Doron Rabinovici. (Parliament, Bundesratsaal)
Media representatives are asked to register in advance at medienservice@parlament.gv.at.
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