ÖVP Carinthia

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The new Carinthia People's Party
People's Party Logo 2018.svg
State party leader Martin Gruber
Club chairman Markus Malle
Country manager Julia Löschnig
Place of foundation Carinthia
Headquarters 8.-Mai-Strasse 47/2
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Seats in state parliaments
6/36

( LTW 2018 )
Alignment conservatism
Website www.ktnvp.at/
State elections 1945–2018
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
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The new People's Party of Carinthia (also ÖVP Kärnten ) is the regional organization of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) in the federal state of Carinthia . The party has its seat in Klagenfurt 8.-Mai-Strasse .

Since the state elections in 2018 , the Carinthian People's Party has had 6 seats in the Carinthian state parliament and governs there as a "small partner" in a coalition with the SPÖ in the state government of Kaiser II .

For the Carinthian ÖVP, there have been 4 members of the Austrian National Council since the 2019 National Council election , Elisabeth Köstinger or her successor Peter Weidinger after the move to the federal government, Johann Weber , Elisabeth Scheucher-Pichler and Gabriel Obernosterer .

Martin Gruber has been the regional chairman of ÖVP Carinthia since April 4, 2018 .

history

History after 1945

“Right from the start, the SPÖ had shown great courtesy towards the National Socialists. As early as 1945, for example, a double type of membership was introduced, one exercising and one supporting, in order to be able to integrate former Nazi members who were classified as unencumbered. Since the Carinthian ÖVP showed no concession here, the SPÖ won potential ÖVP supporters.
(...)
The ÖVP took a reserved stance towards the former National Socialists. "

- Carinthian Parliament : Platform for Political Education

The ÖVP Carinthia has so far provided a governor, Christof Zernatto , in two legislative periods . He ruled from 1991 to 1994 in the state government Zernatto I and from 1994 to 1999 in the state government Zernatto II , although the ÖVP was the “smallest” party in the state parliament in both legislative periods. This was possible because the labor agreement between the ÖVP and the FPÖ in the Haider I state government broke up in 1991 after Jörg Haider made a statement glorifying the Nazis and Haider was voted out of office.

At a board meeting of the Carinthian ÖVP in September 2000, a motion of no confidence against the then chairman Reinhold Lexer found a clear majority. Lexer was relieved of his position after just over a year and was replaced by Georg Wurmitzer as the managing party chairman.

After a strike vote in 2014 among the ÖVP officials, 15 district representatives were newly elected to the party's state executive committee.

In October 2015, the negotiating partners of the three-party coalition of SPÖ, ÖVP and the Greens presented the draft of the new state constitution in the Landhaus, which was adopted in 2017 with the votes of MPs from SPÖ, ÖVP, Greens and the Carinthia team, including the so-called proportional system was abolished.

Conflict during the coalition negotiations in 2018

The Carinthian ÖVP went with a team of eleven, led by Christian Benger , into the coalition negotiations with the SPÖ for a Carinthian state government that began on March 20, 2018. On March 28, 2018, negotiators Peter Kaiser (SPÖ) and Christian Benger (ÖVP) presented their government pact called the “Carinthian Coalition”.

On April 4, 2018, Christian Benger announced his resignation as regional councilor and ÖVP regional party chairman, but he wanted to accept his mandate in the state parliament. From Benger's point of view, nothing should change in the coalition commitment. Governor Peter Kaiser thereupon spoke of a “massively shaken trust”, since at the end of the exploratory talks with the ÖVP the question had been explicitly asked whether the continuity of personnel would be maintained. The entire eleven-member VP negotiating team expressly affirmed this. Kaiser said he no longer felt bound by the agreements.

Benger's resignation was preceded by a letter that later became public, in which several Upper Carinthian mayors demanded a state council seat for the previous club chairman Ferdinand Hueter and threatened to split off if this demand was not met.

On the evening of April 4, Martin Gruber was nominated by the ÖVP state party executive to succeed Christian Benger. Gruber was also part of the ÖVP negotiating team; in the state elections on March 4, he received the most preferential votes of the ÖVP candidates with 3,375. The SPÖ issued an ultimatum to Gruber until April 5, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. and, in addition to the coalition pact that had been agreed so far, demanded that the unanimity rule actually envisaged in the new state constitution be suspended. Kaiser wants to enable majority decisions and prevent possible blockades by the coalition partner ÖVP. This would require an amendment to the state constitution. In addition, the ÖVP must also support projects for Carinthia at the federal level. ÖVP chairman Martin Gruber finally announced that his party would accept the terms of the SPÖ's ultimatum. In addition, he announced personnel consequences and a restructuring of the party.

Political scientist Peter Filzmaier spoke of permanent damage to its image : “The coalition got off to a much worse start than expected and hoped for. Whatever the reasons, a personally motivated resignation of the ex-ÖVP boss, an ÖVP-internal intrigue in Carinthia or a completely messed up master plan by whoever. As an ÖVP you have less than before. You remain a government partner, but you can be outvoted. "

Political scientist Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle described the demand to abandon the unanimity principle as a “brilliant idea from the point of view of the SPÖ Carinthia, because for many decisions only the state government and not the state parliament is responsible. The SPÖ could thus act like a single government ”. Christian Benger's resignation did not surprise her, as the signs of this had intensified after the state elections. But the timing was chosen surprisingly.

2020

According to its own statements, the ÖVP Carinthia would like to focus on the following four priority areas:

  1. rural area
  2. Business location
  3. Environment and sustainability
  4. Family (in all phases of life)

In addition, the party has proclaimed the year the “Year of the Regions” and would like to focus on regional solutions instead of prescribed standard concepts for the priority areas.

Sub-organizations

The Carinthian People's Party, like the federal ÖVP, is divided into sub-organizations, the so-called "leagues". Membership in one of the sub-organizations of the ÖVP Carinthia usually also means membership in the state party and also in the federal party. There are regional organizations in Carinthia for all six ÖVP associations:

ÖAAB Carinthia

The ÖAAB was re-established in Carinthia in 1945. Since 1947 the Austrian Teachers' Association (ÖLB) has been involved as a practically independent interest group for the teaching staff. He was instrumental in building up the school system in Carinthia.
Since the 1970s, the ÖAAB Carinthia has had the highest number of members within the ÖVP and has overtaken the farmers' union.
Angelika Kuss-Bergner, a former member of the National Council, is the chairwoman of the Carinthian Workers' Union .

Carinthian farmers' union

The farmers' association is the representation of farmers within the ÖVP and was re-established in Carinthia in 1945 as the Kärntner Bauernbund (KBB). The Carinthian Farmers' Union is currently headed by Johann Mößler as chairman.

Carinthia women's movement

The Carinthian women's movement has been representing the interests of women vis-à-vis the ÖVP state party since 1947 and was put on an equal footing with the confederations in 1972.

Carinthia Economic Association

The Wirtschaftsbund was founded in Carinthia to represent the interests of entrepreneurs. Jürgen Mandl acts as chairman of the Carinthian Economic Association.

Seniors' Association of Carinthia

The Senior Citizens' Union is one of the most members of the ÖVP Carinthia and represents the senior citizens within the Carinthian People's Party. Its chairwoman is Elisabeth Scheucher-Pichler, Member of the National Council .

Young ÖVP (JVP) Carinthia

The Young People's Party of Carinthia represents young people and young adults until they join one of the other ÖVP leagues. The JVP Carinthia was founded in 1946 as the Austrian Youth Movement, renamed the Young ÖVP in 1970 and recognized as a sub-organization of the ÖVP and in 1972 put on an equal footing with the confederations. The current chairman of the JVP Carinthia is Julian Geier.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State party chairman. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
  2. ↑ team. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
  3. ↑ state party. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Brief political history - Platform for political education. Accessed April 11, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ MPs. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
  6. ↑ By Wolfgang Fercher | 11:15 p.m., 04 April 2018: After Benger's resignation: Martin Gruber becomes the new party leader of the Carinthian ÖVP. April 4, 2018, accessed April 8, 2020 .
  7. ↑ derStandard.at. Retrieved April 8, 2020 (Austrian German).
  8. ^ Parties in Carinthia from World War II to today - Platform for Political Education. Accessed April 10, 2020 (German).
  9. ↑ a b Brief Political History - Platform Political Education. Accessed April 10, 2020 (German).
  10. ↑ Nothing has changed for Lexer: "I am elected party chairman of the Carinthian ÖVP" - derStandard.at. Retrieved April 10, 2020 (Austrian German).
  11. ^ Wiener Zeitung Online: Reinhold Lexer replaces Zernatto. Retrieved April 10, 2020 .
  12. ↑ a b Current party development from 1999 to 2015 - Platform for Political Education. Accessed April 10, 2020 (German).
  13. ↑ orf.at: ÖVP team of eleven for coalition talks . Article dated March 19, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018.
  14. ↑ diepresse.com: Carinthia's ÖVP is entering into coalition negotiations with a team of eleven . Article dated March 19, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018.
  15. ↑ After Benger's resignation, the Carinthian SPÖ gives the new ÖVP boss Gruber an ultimatum - derStandard.at. Retrieved April 11, 2020 (Austrian German).
  16. ↑ orf.at: After Benger's resignation, coalition is shaking . Article dated April 4, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018.
  17. ^ Kurier: How the campaign against the Carinthian ÖVP boss went . Article dated April 5, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018.
  18. ↑ orf.at: SPÖ and ÖVP attach starting problems . Article dated April 5, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018.
  19. ↑ derStandard.at. Retrieved April 11, 2020 (Austrian German).
  20. ↑ Kleine Zeitung: This is how the first conversation between Kaiser and Gruber went . Article dated April 5, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018.
  21. ↑ orf.at: ÖVP wants to accommodate the SPÖ . Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  22. ^ Diepresse.com: Carinthian coalition: ÖVP gives in to SPÖ ultimatum . Article dated April 5, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018.
  23. ^ Kurier: Neo-ÖVP boss wants to clean up the internal Intrigantenstadl . Article dated April 6, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018.
  24. ↑ orf.at: Political scientist: “Image damage remains” ( Memento from April 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated April 6, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018.
  25. ↑ Tiroler Tageszeitung: “A brilliant idea from the point of view of the SPÖ Carinthia” . Article dated April 6, 2018, accessed March 11, 2020.
  26. ^ ÖVP Carinthia: With four priorities in 2020. Accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  27. ↑ a b c d e Parties in Carinthia from World War II to today - Platform for Political Education. Accessed April 10, 2020 (German).
  28. ↑ Buero52 Gmbh team. In: ÖAAB Carinthia. Accessed April 8, 2020 (German).
  29. ^ Functionaries. In: Kärntner Bauernbund. Accessed April 8, 2020 (German).
  30. ↑ About us. Accessed April 8, 2020 (German).
  31. ↑ W3Bline: Team. In: Seniors' Association of Carinthia. Accessed April 8, 2020 (German).
  32. ↑ team | JVP Carinthia. Accessed April 8, 2020 (German).