Absolute fucking hero.
I’ll point to her when people say “I don’t vote because all politicians are corrupt assholes”.
…calling on EU governments to back the Nature Restoration Law, which requires Europe to revive 20 percent of its land and seas by 2030.
My god, nature and oceans are basically dead, and reviving one fifth is controversial
It is controversial because:
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“the economy” needs to keep destroying nature. Here in France when the farmers went on strike, all the right talked about was how environmental regulations were the main issue and needed to be curbed.
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the ecological crisis is fake news pushed by leftists to distract us from the real issue, which is obviously brown people invading the west to replace white people.
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As the article points out, the money is going to close that loophole posthaste, but I hope to hear more from Leonore Gewessler in the future
It’s so funny because in the article it is even mentioned, that the agricultural minister did the same thing a few weeks ago, but he is from the chancellors party, the People’s Party. Also, Nehammer (the chancellor) doesn’t dissolve the government because his party is scared shitless of elections right now. They would (and in November at the general elections probably will) be painfully reduced. Sadly in favor of the super right wing FPÖ (fReEdOm party 🤡, as in freedom to be an asshole).
Sources: article and general knowledge as an informed austrian citizen
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Wearing a dark green suit, Austrian Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler arrived in Luxembourg on Monday ready for a fight.
She had decided at the 11th hour that it was her duty to approve the EU’s Nature Restoration Law, a central pillar of the bloc’s efforts to reverse the major degradation of its landscapes.
Her decision, which defied a stern letter from Nehammer claiming Gewessler couldn’t legally speak for Austria, gave the measure just enough support to pass.
Last month, Irish Environment Minister Eamon Ryan, a Green Party member, spearheaded a letter with 10 other countries calling on EU governments to back the Nature Restoration Law, which requires Europe to revive 20 percent of its land and seas by 2030.
Ryan had an ally in Alain Maron, environment minister for the Brussels-Capital Region and a member of Ecolo, the Belgian Francophone green party.
But at the last minute the region of Vienna changed its mind, breaking the consensus and opening the door for Gewessler to modify Austria’s position at the EU level and back the legislation.
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I agree with her action, but still have to note that she did work against the law and constitution by ignoring the government’s decision to vote against it. In this case it’s good, but what if a far right politician does the same? They can now simply refer to this case and talk about how it also had no consequences.
She consulted some constitutional experts before doing it.
