Austrian Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger has promised that the European Union (EU) will not let Greece down. The head of the People’s Party (ÖVP) said there was no alternative to helping Greece in its current situation. The member state of the EU and the Eurozone is in a serious political crisis after the leaders of […]
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Raidl snubs ÖVP hot seat offer
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The Viennese People’s Party (ÖVP) tried to persuade an industrialist and conservative opinion leader to take over as chairman, it has emerged. Claus Raidl – who formerly headed tool steel manufacturer Böhler Uddeholm – confirmed today (Thurs) that he was approached by Vienna ÖVP officials about whether he could imagine becoming the party’s new leader. […]
MEPs are clueless, says minister
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A conservative opinion leader has been accused of “having no idea” about the situation in his homeland after calling for more support for a budget increase of the European Union (EU). Othmar Karas, the head of the delegation of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) in the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg, France, recently said that […]
Strasser accounts to be opened
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Anti-corruption investigators have asked to check the bank accounts of a former member of the European Parliament (MEP), according to a report.Business magazine Format reported yesterday (Mon) that state prosecutors asked the Criminal Court in Vienna for permission to search the accounts of Ernst Strasser. The former interior minister resigned as MEP recently amid accusations […]
Karas set to take over from Strasser
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Othmar Karas may succeed Ernst Strasser as leader of the Austrian Peoples Partys (ÖVP) delegation in the European Parliament (EP).Strasser decided to resign as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) yesterday (Sun) after investigative journalists of the Sunday Times revealed he was willing to lobby on behalf of financial sector companies in the EP. The […]
Brit skier ‘treated like a criminal’
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A skier from the United Kingdom who collided with an Austrian politician has claimed police treated him “like a criminal”.Andy Clough from Leeds did not sustain any injuries in the incident in the Schmittenhöhe ski resort, Salzburg, involving Peoples Party (ÖVP) Member of the European Parliament Othmar Karas last Monday.Karas, who fractured his lumber vertebra […]
A leading conservative politician has suffered serious injuries in a hit and run skiing crash.Othmar Karas, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP), suffered several fractures and cuts in the collision with a man from the United Kingdom on Tuesday, it emerged today (Fri).Reports have it that Karas handed […]