The Greens –The Green Alternative is a green political party in Austria. The Greens are in a coalition with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) in the Nehammer government. Before they were part of the Schallenberg government and the Second Kurz government. The current President of Austria,Alexander Van der Bellen,is from the Green Party.
Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek is an Austrian politician of the Austrian Green Party,and its federal spokeswoman from 2008 until 2017. She was the plaintiff in the landmark case Eva Glawishnig-Piesczek v. Facebook Ireland,in which she sued Facebook for defamation to compel the social media company to globally censor the "defamatory and all equivalent" posts.
Alexander "Sascha" Van der Bellen,also referred to by the abbreviation VDB,is an Austrian politician serving as the twelfth president of Austria since 2017. He previously served as a professor of economics at the University of Vienna,and after joining politics,as the spokesman of the Austrian Green Party.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBTQ) rights in Austria have advanced significantly in the 21st century,and are now considered generally progressive. Both male and female forms of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Austria. Registered partnerships were introduced in 2010,giving same-sex couples some of the rights of marriage. Stepchild adoption was legalised in 2013,while full joint adoption was legalised by the Constitutional Court of Austria in 2016. On 5 December 2017,the Austrian Constitutional Court decided to legalise same-sex marriage,and the ruling went into effect on 1 January 2019.
An election was held in 2009 to elect the delegation from Austria to the European Parliament. Austria will have 17 seats in the European Parliament,instead of the 18 that the country had before the re-allocation of seats.
The Austrian State Prize for European Literature,also known in Austria as the European Literary Award,is an Austrian literary prize awarded by the Federal Chancellery for Arts,Culture,and Media to European writers. Established in 1965,the prize is endowed with a purse of 25,000 €. The prize was not awarded in 1969. It is awarded on the Salzburg Festival.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 28 September 2008 to elect the 24th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called after Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) withdrew from the ruling grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) in July. Due to dissatisfaction with the governing parties,the opposition and minor parties were expected to make significant gains. Opinion polling indicated that up to seven parties could potentially win seats.
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 25 April 2010,the twelfth election of an Austrian head of state since 1951. The candidates were President Heinz Fischer,Barbara Rosenkranz (FPÖ) and Rudolf Gehring (CPÖ). Heinz Fischer won with just under 80% of the valid votes. Voter turnout was a historic low of 54%.
NEOS –The New Austria and Liberal Forum is a liberal political party in Austria. It was founded as NEOS –The New Austria in 2012. In 2014,NEOS merged with Liberal Forum and adopted its current name.
The Directorate General for Public Security is the governing body of general law enforcement in Austria and a division of the Ministry of the Interior. It oversees the Federal Police,the Criminal Intelligence Service,the Intelligence Directorate,the EKO Cobra,and the Aerial Police.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 15 October 2017 to elect the 26th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called when the coalition government between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was dissolved in May by the latter party's new leader Sebastian Kurz.
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 24 April 2016,with a second round run-off on 22 May 2016. However,the results of the second round were annulled and a re-vote took place on 4 December 2016.
Andrea Kaufmann is an Austrian politician for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) from Vorarlberg. She was,from 2009 to 2013,a regional member of the Vorarlberg state government and is currently mayor of Dornbirn.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2019 to elect the 27th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called in the wake of the Ibiza affair in May,which caused the resignation of Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and the collapse of the governing coalition of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). The government subsequently lost a motion of no confidence in parliament,before ÖVP Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was replaced by non-partisan Brigitte Bierlein on an interim basis.
Ingrid Felipe is an Austrian businesswoman and former politician from the Green Party. She was second deputy Governor of Tyrol from May 2013 until October 2022 and from June to October 2017,she served as federal spokeswoman of her party.
The Bierlein government was the 32nd Government of Austria following the collapse of the First Kurz government headed by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in the aftermath of the Ibiza affair. Sworn in on 3 June 2019,the Bierlein government was the first purely technocratic government in Austrian history,first new government after a successful motion of no confidence in Parliament and first government headed by a female chancellor. As head of government,Brigitte Bierlein was assisted by Clemens Jabloner as vice-chancellor.
The Second Kurz government was the 33rd Government of Austria. Led by Sebastian Kurz as chancellor and Werner Kogler as vice-chancellor,it was sworn in by President Alexander Van der Bellen on 7 January 2020. It was officially dissolved and succeeded by the Schallenberg government on 11 October 2021.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2024 to elect the 28th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.
Verena Madner is an Austrian legal scholar,university professor and constitutional judge. She has been Professor of Public Law at the Department of Socio-Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business since 2011. In 2020,she was appointed Vice President of the Austrian Constitutional Court.
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 9 October 2022. Incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen from the Greens was eligible for one more term and ran for re-election. About 6.36 million voting-age citizens were eligible to vote.
