The eternal desire for sloppy conditions – diepresse.com
Why delicate topics in Austria are never sustainably politically processed and which defense mechanisms prevent any reasonable discussion.
No, sloppy conditions do not mean what you want to understand by the way. Yes, it means the fateful reluctance in Austrian politics to really discuss uncomfortable topics. If someone picks up, reflexively reacts with party -political attacks and personal attributions. From all sides. The consequence of this practice for ages: The topics keep appearing. You displace them – until next time. As is the case with avoidance threatening situations. They come again and again.
The sensitive topic of the saying practice of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHMR) is the latest example of politics by defense and repression, but by no means the only one. As sufficiently reported, nine EU-Art heads of government, also Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP), in an open letter to the Court of Justice, whose practice in terms of convention of human rights (aka asylum policy) and requested another interpretation. The SPÖ reflexively resounded, at least so long, until Carinthia’s governor, Peter Kaiser, wanted to talk about it, his Burgenland colleague, Hans Peter Doskozil, but Stocker attack: « I haven’t heard such nonsense yet. »
