Barbara Rosary

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Rosenkranz at an election campaign in 2008 in St. Pölten

Barbara Rosenkranz (* 20th June 1958 as Barbara Schörghofer in Salzburg ) is an Austrian politician ( Free List Austria ). She was Regional Councilor for Building Law and Animal Welfare in Lower Austria and after the state elections on March 3, 2013, she was temporarily designated club chairwoman of the FPÖ in the Lower Austrian state parliament. In addition, she was a candidate for this party for the 2010 federal presidential election . In August 2017, she left the FPÖ.

Education and family

Rosenkranz attended elementary school between 1964 and 1968 and completed a grammar school in modern languages ​​from 1968 to 1976. After graduating from high school, she began studying history and philosophy at the University of Vienna in 1976 . She successfully completed her resumed history studies on February 13, 2018. She is married to Horst Rosenkranz , with whom she has six daughters and four sons. Rosenkranz officially states that the profession is “housewife”.

Political career

Presentation of the Great Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria by National Council President Barbara Prammer (2007).

Rosenkranz began her political career in 1993 as a member of the Lower Austrian state parliament , to which she initially belonged until 2002. From 2000 on, she was the chairwoman of the FPÖ Club in Lower Austria. On December 20, 2002, Rosenkranz moved from the state parliament to the national council , where she represented the FPÖ in the committees on family, health, internal affairs and education. In the Lower Austrian state elections in 2008 , Rosenkranz ran as the top candidate - the party more than doubled its share of the vote in this election. She subsequently resigned from the National Council on April 9 and was elected regional councilor for building law and animal welfare of the Lower Austrian provincial government on April 10, 2008 .

Rosenkranz exercises (e) various functions in the FPÖ. In 1996 she was regional party chairman of the FPÖ Lower Austria, in 1998 she became regional party secretary for one year in addition to this function. Since 2003 she has been the regional party chairwoman, and since April 2005 she has also been the deputy FPÖ federal chairwoman.

Until 2006, she was, alongside Reinhard Eugen Bösch, one of two free members of parliament who openly rejected the new group after the break-off of the BZÖ under Jörg Haider , did not adapt her voting behavior to that of the members of the newly formed Freedom Parliamentary Club and remained with the FPÖ. As a result of the 2006 National Council election , she moved back to the National Council for the FPÖ.

On March 2, 2010, Barbara Rosenkranz was officially presented by the FPÖ as a candidate for the federal presidential election . She was supported in individual articles in the Kronen Zeitung , whereby the publisher Hans Dichand under his pseudonym Cato first openly sided with her, but put this into perspective on the following day. Rosenkranz received 15.2% of the vote in that election; Incumbent Heinz Fischer was confirmed in office for another six years with 79.3 percent of the vote and a voter turnout of 53.6 percent.

After the state elections in Lower Austria on March 3, 2013 , for which she ran as the top candidate of her party and in which the FPÖ lost 2.26 percentage points (from 10.47% to 8.21%), she resigned after several months of internal party discussions in June 2013 as a state party leader back. Her successor was Walter Rosenkranz (with whom she is neither related nor related by marriage).

At the end of August 2017 it was announced that Rosenkranz would run for the Free List Austria as the top candidate for the 2017 National Council election.

Positions and Criticism

Rosenkranz describes himself as "national conservative". In the media she is described as strictly conservative, “loyal to her home” and extremely critical of the EU, as a “figurehead of the right”, known for her “arch-conservative and extreme views” as well as her “arch-conservative family policy” and “rock-hard line” in foreign policy .

Family, social and migration policy

Rosenkranz advocates a conservative policy on social and family issues and a restrictive immigration policy. The feminism considered rosary, for himself as a professional designation like "housewife" indicates a "wrong track" gender mainstreaming she describes in her in Ares Verlag published book man inside as an attempt not to achieve gender equality, but their removal and the creation of a "genderless person". At the same time, she advocates equal rights for women in her book: “It is clear that the rank of women in our society must be completely equal, there can be no compromises. But it is also a fact that successful femininity and motherhood must not fall apart if we want to have a future as a whole. "

She rejects the registered partnership for homosexuals as a marriage-like institution, since § 44 ABGB ( concept of marriage ) is not only about love, but also about the anticipated intention to father common children, to raise them and mutuals between them and their spouse To provide assistance. Therein lies the great interest of the state and thus the public in the institute marriage, namely the interest in securing the existence of the state, of the people through the creation of new generations. The state is primarily concerned with the next generation in the so-called intergenerational contract, which has the task of guaranteeing the state's social benefits, which are organized as a pay-as-you-go system, and also the future tax revenue. She also opposes the right of homosexual couples to adopt children.

Rosenkranz looks at questions of migration policy primarily in connection with crime. For example, in the election campaign for the state elections in Lower Austria in 2008, she spoke of “unbridled mass immigration” and “imported crime” and demanded that naturalizations should no longer be permitted. In the course of her candidacy for the election of the Federal President, one of her program points is the question of “to what extent immigration should be possible in the country” and whether “the Austrians even want that”.

Europe and EU

The European Union stands Rosary largely critical of or hostile. Instead of close cooperation between the member states at European level, it strives for a Europe that is “internally organized as federally and decentrally as possible, [...] a Europe of peoples who are certain of their identity and of allied nation-states, [...] which oppose the inanimate Multiculturalism, against mass immigration and against a 'melting pot'. ”She advocates the reintroduction of border controls at the borders that have been open in large parts of Europe since the Schengen Agreement came into force .

In December 2003 she and Bösch voted against the ratification of the accession treaties of the ten new EU members as part of the 2004 EU enlargement in the National Council because of the position of the Czech Republic on the Temelín nuclear power plant and the Beneš decrees . She was also the only member of the National Council who voted against the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe on May 11, 2005 . As requested by the FPÖ, it would like to hold a referendum on the already ratified Lisbon Treaty .

Relationship to National Socialism

The publicist Hans-Henning Scharsach described Barbara Rosenkranz in the magazine News 1995 as an example of a "cellar Nazi" . The author and the magazine were sued by her for defamation and sentenced to a conditional fine in Austria. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) saw this judgment as a violation of the right to free opinion, since it was only a value judgment of Scharsach and Rosenkranz's attitude to the subject of National Socialism could be viewed as ambivalent; u. a. It was noted that in the past she publicly criticized the prohibition law and never distanced herself from the views of her husband Horst Rosenkranz , who appeared as a right-wing extremist activist or publisher. Both Scharsach and News received compensation from the Republic of Austria. In 2007 Rosenkranz replied that, for reasons of independence and the personality of a woman in politics, she attached great importance to being judged on her own political statements and actions. In 2010, Rosenkranz stated in a statement on questions from orf.at readers in the run-up to the federal presidential election that she “of course does not” share the political views of her husband and that she was of the opinion that “one could have a marriage without being in all of them Things are united ”.

When the vote on Lex Kampl , an amendment to the Austrian Federal Constitution in June 2005, in order to prevent Siegfried Kampl (FPÖ or BZÖ) from being chairman after his controversial statements on National Socialism in the Federal Council , she left the National Council before the vote.

The prohibition law is rejected by Rosenkranz in the parts concerning denying and playing down the Holocaust ( Holocaust denial ) because it contradicts the "freedom of expression" and is therefore not in accordance with the constitution. Asked if she even doubt the existence of gas chambers in the concentration camps in the Nazi era was, she replied in the ORF radio, they have the knowledge of an Austrian, "was from 1964 to 1976 in Austrian schools - so that's my Knowledge of history and I have absolutely no change to make ”. Since this answer was criticized as "evasive", Rosenkranz stated to the " press " that there could be no doubt that the most serious crimes occurred during the Nazi era.

Election of the Federal President 2010

On the occasion of the announcement of her candidacy, she said in an ORF interview when she was asked whether she felt comfortable in the right-wing extremist environment in which she moved and how she felt about her husband, that she was a freedom, and came from a middle-class household see yourself in the middle. The circles in which she moves are not right-wing extremists. In addition, her husband is an innocent citizen and should not be presented "in a wrong light".

The Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien criticized Rosenkranz for its attitude towards the prohibition law . Their demand is a "mockery of the 65,000 Austrian Jews murdered in the Shoah ". The president of the religious community, Ariel Muzicant, repeatedly took up the classification of Rosenkranz as a “cellar Nazi”. The chairman of the Bishops' Conference , Cardinal Christoph Schönborn , also described Rosenkranz as "not eligible". Even parts of the FPÖ that nominated them rejected them. International observers such as the Neue Zürcher Zeitung certified her “right-wing extremist views”.

Due to the massive criticism and demands of Krone publisher Hans Dichand , Rosenkranz signed an affidavit at a press conference on March 8, 2010, in which she "out of conviction of the crimes of National Socialism and decidedly distanced herself from this ideology". At no time did she question the fundamental values ​​of the republic - and thus also the prohibition law as a symbol for the demarcation from National Socialism - and will not question them either. However, this declaration was not legally binding. Rosenkranz himself spoke of "unfortunate excitement" and that the "Austrians themselves would decide" who is elected. Ten days after the affidavit, Rosenkranz made his first clear statement about the Holocaust : “Of course there were gas chambers. Of course there have been terrible crimes. No sensible person questions that. "

Rosenkranz had previously found unsolicited support from various right-wing extremist groups and people.

Awards

Publications

Web links

Commons : Barbara Rosenkranz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography of Barbara Rosenkranz (PDF) on the pages of the Lower Austrian Parliament
  2. ^ FPÖ: Rosenkranz remains party leader , March 8, 2013
  3. ↑ Rosenkranz will run for FPÖ
  4. ^ Freedom Party of Austria: Official announcement of the candidacy for the federal presidential election , March 2, 2010
  5. ↑ Link to the master's thesis by Barbara Rosenkranz: Early traces of Roman canon law in the court of the Salzburg archbishops Konrad I and Eberhard I , Vienna 2018 on univie.ac.at, accessed on September 9, 2018
  6. ↑ a b Christa Zöchling: FPÖ: Icon of the Right. In: Profil , November 3, 2007
  7. ↑ Der Standard : Housewife in the Fight against Foreigners , February 5, 2008
  8. ↑ https://www.diepresse.com/365011/niederosterreich-wahl-bdquomein-beruf-ist-hausfrauldquo
  9. ^ Print edition of the Kronenzeitung from March 1, 2010, p. 3.
  10. ^ Diepresse.com, March 1, 2010
  11. ↑ derstandard.at on March 5, 2010: Cato disapproves of Rozenkranz's statements
  12. ^ Austria: incumbent Fischer outclasses right-wing populist Rosenkranz. In: Spiegel Online, April 25, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  13. ^ Der Standard : FPÖ Lower Austria changes leadership , June 9, 2013
  14. ↑ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Free List Austria: Barbara Rosenkranz is the top candidate . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on August 27, 2017]).
  15. ↑ a b c Rosary for the repeal of the National Socialist Prohibition Act. In: DiePresse.com. March 3, 2010, accessed November 6, 2019 .
  16. ^ An offer from the right corner , the Standard, February 28, 2010
  17. ↑ Die Welt : A mother of ten wants to lead Austria , March 2, 2010
  18. ^ Salzburger Nachrichten : Die Welt der Barbara Rosenkranz ( Memento from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), February 28, 2010
  19. ↑ Die Presse : Barbara Rosenkranz: “Feminism is a wrong way” , March 2, 2010
  20. ↑ Barbara Rosenkranz: People. Gender mainstreaming - On the way to the genderless people. Ares-Verlag, Graz 2008
  21. ↑ meinparlament.at: questions to Barbara Rosenkranz 27 August, 2008.
  22. ↑ Currently : “Stop naturalization!” , February 2008
  23. ↑ a b c Die Presse : Rosenkranz: “Discussing the identity of the country” , March 2, 2010
  24. ↑ meinparlament.at: questions to Barbara Rosenkranz , September 26 of 2008.
  25. ↑ FPÖ-NÖ: LR Rosenkranz: Reintroduce border controls immediately ( memento from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), November 26, 2009
  26. ↑ a b Kleine Zeitung : Barbara Rosenkranz - Mother tenfold wants to populate the Hofburg. February 27, 2010
  27. ↑ Humanrights.is: Scharsach and News Verlagsgesellschaft v. Austria 2003 - Final ( Memento from April 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); Retrieved March 26, 2011
  28. ↑ orf.at - response to questions from ORF.at readers ( memento of April 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), April 13, 2010
  29. ↑ ots.at: Strache: Lex-Kampl is purely occasional legislation and therefore extremely questionable =
  30. ↑ Vorarlberg online : Rosenkranz still stands on controversial statements , March 3, 2010
  31. ↑ Martina Salomon: Rosenkranz: “No doubt” about gas chambers. In: Die Presse, March 6, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  32. ^ Criticism-Kultusgemeinde-gegen-Kellernazi-Rosenkranz
  33. ↑ Rosary must win
  34. ^ Austria: Schönborn against Rosenkranz. In: Radio Vaticana, March 6, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  35. ^ Website of the Tiroler Tageszeitung: Hauser: Prohibition law must not be questioned
  36. ^ ORF Vorarlberg: Vorarlberger FPÖ does not agree with Rosenkranz
  37. ↑ NZZ
  38. ↑ https://diepresse.com/home/innenpolitik/hofburgwahl/544615/FPOeTirol-und-Krone-distanzieren-sich-von-Rosenkranz
  39. ↑ Der Standard : The zero number of Uncle Hans , March 12, 2010
  40. ↑ Der Standard, March 4, 2010
  41. ↑ “Rosenkranz is a National Socialist” Der Standard, March 19, 2010
  42. ^ Die Presse, March 3, 2010
  43. ↑ Parliamentary Correspondence : Badges of Honor for Honorable Members , June 19, 2007. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
  44. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.6 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Rosary, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schörghofer, Barbara (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (FPÖ), member of the National Council and Regional Councilor
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg