On April 28th at 12 p.m. on ORF 2
Vienna (OTS) – Rebekka Salzer presents the ORF parliamentary magazine “Hohes Haus” on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 12 p.m. on ORF 2 with the following topics:
The tilting classroom
The education system in Vienna is on the brink. Every month, 350 minors come to Austria through family reunification of recognized asylum seekers, for whom school places have to be found, that is 14 elementary school classes per month. Redistribution to the federal states hardly works, Vienna pays more social welfare and the largest migrant communities are in Vienna. Both have an enormous pull effect. All parties recognize an urgent need for action, but the federal government and the city of Vienna shift responsibility to each other. Claus Bruckmann and the difficult search for solutions.
Plus a switching conversation with Christoph Wiederkehr from NEOS. He is deputy mayor and Vienna city councilor for education, youth and integration.
Rejections and eloquent silence
The two current U-committees are coming to an end and have at least one thing in common: it is becoming increasingly difficult to find people to provide information. Last week, four prominent guests canceled the COFAG investigative committee:
The Signa founder Rene Benko, the prominent entrepreneur Sigi Wolf, KTM boss Stefan Pierer and ex-SPÖ Federal Chancellor and ex-Signa supervisory board chairman Alfred Gusenbauer. After a total of three rejections and the threat of a police presentation, Benko has now announced his participation. He will appear in the U-Committee at the alternative date on May 22nd, according to his lawyer. However, three ministers came this week: Finance Minister Magnus Brunner, his predecessor Gernot Blümel and the current Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler, who, however, were only able or willing to contribute a moderate amount of new information. Susanne Däubel reports.
Ceremony with worry lines
On May 1, 2004, 20 years ago, the European Union completed the largest enlargement in its history. Ten states from the Baltics to the Eastern Mediterranean became members of the EU. This week the European Parliament’s last plenary week before the EU elections in June took place in Strasbourg. During a celebratory meeting, the historic eastward expansion was remembered, but also reminded that European integration is far from complete, but is currently in a very difficult phase.