Viennese hour

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The Viennese hour is the aliquot allocation of the block speaking time to the parliamentary groups in the Austrian parliament . It is determined by the presidential conference and approved by the plenary.

For the first time, in 1993, i.e. in the 18th legislative period , speeches in parliament were limited in time, specifically to 40 minutes. This was in response to Madeleine Petrovic (Greens) holding a speech for more than 10 hours.

In 1996 speaking time was halved to 20 minutes and later further reduced.

The speaking time correlates with the number of clubs in the political groups. In the 23rd legislative period , the SPÖ and ÖVP were entitled to 15 minutes each, the Greens and FPÖ each 11 minutes and the BZÖ 8 minutes block speaking time per hour in Vienna.

With the 25th legislative period , six parliamentary groups came to the National Council. National Council President Barbara Prammer (SPÖ) therefore operated a further speaking time limit as an "urgent problem of the rules of procedure". As of January 28, 2014, a reform passed the presidential and 2 readings in parliament by mutual agreement, which breaks down the Vienna hour , now to 61 minutes, as follows: 13.5 minutes each SPÖ and ÖVP, 12.5 minutes FPÖ, 10 , 5 min Greens and 5.5 min each Team Stronach (TS) and NEOS. Non-attached MPs will only be entitled to half the speaking time of the smallest club. In addition, the daily speaking time can be reduced to 30 (instead of the previous 60) minutes.

In the presidential conference on October 16, 2019 in preparation for the constituent session of the 27th legislative period , the Vienna hour was set at 62 minutes, 19.5 minutes of which are for the ÖVP, 13.5 minutes for the SPÖ, 11 minutes for the FPÖ, 10 minutes on the green and 8 minutes on the NEOS.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://orf.at/stories/2215738/2215742/ Speeches in the National Council are getting shorter - requests to speak are getting shorter, ORF.at of January 28, 2014
  2. ↑ The timetable for the constituent meeting of the newly elected National Council on October 23 is set. October 16, 2019, accessed October 16, 2019 .

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