Lapwing (Citizen List)
| lapwing | |
| Party leader | Helmut Putz |
| State party leader | Helmut Putz |
| founding | probably 2009 |
| National Council mandates | (not started) |
| Government grants | no |
| Party structure | Vorarlberg regional association only |
| Alignment | liberal, possibly populist |
| Website | kiebitz-vorarlberg.com (offline) |
The Kiebitz list was a list of citizens that ran for the first time in the state elections in Vorarlberg in 2009 and, with 0.2 percent of the vote, was the smallest of eight parties that failed to make it into the state parliament. The party was represented by the initiator Helmut Putz (businessman, * 1960) and Nicole Metzler (secretary, * 1973), both from Hard . Both work as seminar leaders and coaches .
Values and program
Putz, who completed several years of clown training in addition to a commercial and technical career , told the Vorarlberg portal online that he wanted to bring the "spirit" of humanity and basic values such as honesty, brotherhood, freedom and equality into the state parliament . Specifically, he named health, prosperity and education for everyone. With an election budget of around EUR 1000, he campaigned for parties to bear and drastically reduce their election campaign costs themselves.
Compared to the portal mehr-demokratie.at , the list mainly campaigned for a strengthening of media diversity , which is represented in Vorarlberg with a high number of non-commercial print and radio media , and against opening up voting rights for non- EU citizens . In addition, the list supported other questions asked about strengthening democracy and also set a topic of its own by advocating a referendum on basic security through basic income .
According to the party, the name "lapwing" is derived from the bird of the same name , which was almost exterminated in the Rhine delta and which is characterized as a migratory bird through wisdom, sincerity, its courage to defend the nest, and through cohesion and orientation . This would "also suit a politician."
Participation in elections
The party competed in the regional elections in Vorarlberg in 2009 in all four districts and achieved 0.19 percent with 331 valid votes (including six voting cards and 167 preferential votes, mainly in Bregenz). The list received votes from 96 municipalities in 59 municipalities, and it achieved its best election result in Eichenberg with 1.5%.
Top candidate Putz ran in the 1999 National Council election on Richard Lugner's list , The Independents , before he returned to politics as a party founder. After the state elections, he and his party no longer appeared. The domain of the former party homepage with the slogan “Die ALLrbeste Wahl” was given up.
Web links
- Entry Kiebitz (as a "two-person party") logo, as well as state and district lists on vbgv1.orf.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Indirect inference from the registration date of the kiebitz-vorarlberg.com homepage on June 11, 2009: Domain Tasting Reports and Registrar Statistics at tastereports.com, accessed on December 22, 2013
- ↑ a b The state elections of September 20, 2009. ( Memento of the original of September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Office of the Vorarlberg State Government - State Office for Statistics
- ↑ cf. ORF web link
- ↑ a b Politics - Further list: Kiebitz also wants to be in the state parliament. ORF Vorarlberg (vbgv1.orf.at), July 31, 2009
- ↑ List Kiebitz wants to "ventilate" the state parliament. vol.at, August 12, 2009
- ↑ How does democracy show up in our country? ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. more democracy! vorarlberg, March 15, 2012, section “Vorarlberg Democracy Election Campaign 2009 Overview” (August 31, 2009); see. Individual results ( memento of the original from December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (August 31st)
- ↑ a b c List Kiebitz starts campaigning. vol.at, August 12, 2009
- ^ State of Vorarlberg - official final result (graphic) on the website of the state government vorarlberg.at
- ^ Vorarlberg election: Eight parties and lists stand. The press, August 7, 2009
- ↑ Eight parties are fighting for seats in the "Ländle". ( Memento from September 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Kleine Zeitung, August 7, 2009
