On February 18th at 12 p.m. on ORF 2
Vienna (OTS) – Rebekka Salzer presents the ORF parliamentary magazine “Hohes Haus” on Sunday, February 18, 2024, at 12 p.m. on ORF 2 with the following topics:
Delivered
The supply chain law was negotiated for years with the participation of all EU countries, but now it is in danger of failing in the last few meters because first Germany and then Austria have expressed doubts. The supply chain law is intended to hold companies across Europe responsible for child labor, exploitation and environmental pollution in the production of their goods. An agreement must be found by the beginning of March at the latest so that the law can be passed before the EU elections. Economics Minister Kocher criticizes that the current draft law shifts too many obligations and liability risks onto small and medium-sized companies. The Freedom Party are also opponents of the supply chain law. The NEOS consider the template to be too bureaucratic. In addition to the SPÖ, the Greens are also in favor of Austria’s approval. Susanne Däubel reports.
Karin Doppelbauer, member of the NEOS National Council, is in the studio.
Introduced
Austria remains massively dependent on gas imports from Russia. At the end of last year, more than 90 percent of the gas consumed came from Russia. The NEOS have once again pushed for an end to imports from Russia and called on Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler from the Greens to work to ensure that Russian gas is placed on the EU sanctions list. Gewessler sees the great dependency as a market failure caused by the Austrian gas suppliers. The FPÖ warns against withdrawing from the gas supply contracts between OMV and the Russian Gazprom, as this would only increase prices further. Claus Bruckmann spoke to politicians and experts.
Raised
The hot topic of “gender” was once again brought up in the Ash Wednesday speeches of various politicians this week. The gender debate was recently really heated up by ÖVP party leader and Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Wels at the end of January, when he declared the abolition of internal I and gender asterisks in administration and at colleges and universities as his goal. Marcus Blecha looked at what gender is like in the Austrian administration and where the equality fronts lie.