The former Green Party leader accuses her former party of having portrayed her negatively in an internal document to officials. She also sees a failure in fundamental rights policy.
Former Green Party leader Madeleine Petrovic from the list of the same name used the ORF “Press Hour” on Sunday to distance herself from her former party. Specifically, she accused the Green Party of having portrayed her negatively in an internal paper to officials. She also saw her former party colleagues as having failed in their fundamental rights policy, with the keyword being Corona. When it comes to climate, Petrovic spoke out against doomsday scenarios.
It is “undisputed that people influence their environment,” explained the list leader. But it is wrong to focus only on CO2 and exclude factors such as methane and ammonia. Petrovic directly mentioned agriculture and the arms industry as factors. The situation is very serious, but people in Austria are extremely ecologically motivated.
The former Green Party member wants to focus climate policy on classic environmental protection. This includes soil protection: “Nothing is happening here,” she criticized the federal states.
“Severe” vaccine damage
Petrovic repeatedly brought up the issue of the corona vaccination, where the mandatory vaccination had essentially accelerated her separation from the Greens. She called the billion for flood victims modest when 5.2 billion had been spent on corona tests. Petrovic also reported on “serious” vaccine damage. At least she conceded that there are vaccinations that are recommended – albeit only with extensive information.
Petrovic was relatively liberal when it came to asylum policy. She wants to focus more on an embassy procedure (which is to be reintroduced). “Legal migration must also be possible, because otherwise people will try to migrate via the asylum procedure,” said Petrovic. She rejects asylum centers in other EU countries such as Rwanda. “Rwanda is as big as Lower Austria,” and it would not work for several European countries to bring refugees there. In addition, asylum seekers should be allowed to work after around six months if the administration does not manage to complete the procedure by then. They should be trained in occupations where there is a shortage of skilled workers, if possible. (APA/Red.)
