Right to speak for outstanding personalities as well as for members of the European Parliament in the plenary session of the National Council
The right to speak for prominent personalities as well as for members of the European Parliament in the plenary session of the Austrian National Council is a measure in which non-members of the parliament can also give a speech at the invitation of the National Council President . It was created in 2015 with Section 19a of the Rules of Procedure Act (unofficially GOG-NR).
Basics
“After consultation in the Presidential Conference, the President can invite prominent personalities from European and international politics to make a statement on a specific topic at a meeting of the National Council. After the declaration there is usually a debate, the duration and form of which is also determined by the President after consultation in the Presidential Conference. "
The right to speak is limited to one MEP per political group (club) , and speaking time is provided for five minutes.
In the case of declarations by well-known European politicians and international personalities on a specific topic, MEPs per club can also take part in an advisory capacity (§ 19a GOG-NR);
No motions may be made in the following debates ; actual corrections are not permitted (§ 19a GOG-NR). This preserves the character of an expression of opinion and the distance to parliamentary work.
Intention and story
The National Council's rules of procedure provide for special provisions for the discussion of EU issues (Section Xb in connection with Section 74b GOG-NR). Then there is the current European hour and EU declarations by members of the Federal Government with subsequent debate (para. 1, lines 1. and 2.). The new right to speak for Austrian MEPs in plenary debates is intended to promote discourse with the European Parliament as a reaction to the increasing networking of Austrian and European affairs . The EU Enquete , which was "previously intended as a vehicle for discussions between MPs and international personalities", has thus been abolished.
The fact that other “outstanding personalities in international politics ” can also be invited to the House was seen as an additional “enrichment” (quotation from Darabos , 2014) of parliamentary work.
The right to speak was anchored on the joint initiative of the SPÖ , ÖVP , Greens and NEOS , introduced by Andreas Schieder , Reinhold Lopatka , Christine Muttonen , Claudia Durchschlag , colleagues ( Austrian members of the European Parliament were involved in an advisory capacity on negotiations of the National Council and its Committees on EU Affairs , introduced on September 24, 2014). The new regulation was approved by the National Council on May 21, 2015.
Historical speeches
- The first speech under the new right to speak was given on April 28, 2016 by Ban Ki-moon . Doris Bures had invited the UN Secretary General . Ki-moon explained his view of the global challenges, primarily the Syrian civil war , Islamist terror , the unstable situation in the entire Arab region and the large refugee movements associated with it . Ki-Moon emphasized the “feeling of acceptance, yes of warmth in social relationships” that he had got to know “the essence of Austria”, and emphasized the “expression of humanity” in Austria's refugee aid for Hungary in 1956 , during the Balkan wars of the 1990s and later last fall .
Web links
- Rules of Procedure Act 1975, amendment (674 / A). Parliament of the Republic of Austria: parlament.gv.at, parliamentary materials
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d EU MPs will in future be allowed to take part in debates in the National Council - GO committee paves the way for a joint initiative by the SPÖ, ÖVP, Greens and NEOS. Parliamentary Correspondence No. 513 of May 13, 2015.
- ↑ a b c MEPs should have the right to speak in the National Council. Parliamentary Correspondence No. 956 of 23 October 2014.
- ↑ General glossary: Enquete, Parlamentischen. parliament.gv.at.
- ↑ Application by MPs Mag. Andreas Schieder, Dr. Reinhold Lopatka; Mag. Christine Muttonen, Claudia Durchschlag, colleagues on a federal law amending the 1975 Rules of Procedure Act. 674 / A (electronically transmitted version, online at parlament.gv.at)
- ↑ a b The statement of the UN Secretary-General in the plenary hall of Parliament in full. In: Bures welcomes Ban Ki-moon to the National Council. In: Austria Journal No. 152, April 4, 2016 (online, oe-journal.at).
- ↑ Premiere for a new right to speak: Bures, President of the National Council, would like to invite Ban Ki-moon to the plenary session - Bures: International perspective helpful for assessing global challenges. Parliamentary Correspondence No. 124 of February 15, 2016.
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↑ Parliament: TOP in the National Council on April 28, 2016. Parliamentary correspondence No. 397 of April 22, 2016;
Bures welcomes Ban Ki-moon to the National Council: “One sees the world bigger through the eyes of the UN” Parliamentary correspondence No. 418 of April 28, 2016.