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On Saturday at the Vienna Greens state assembly, party leader Birgit Hebein spoke in person for the first time after her dismantling at the club. “Yes, there is a gap in our party that can be clearly felt.”
2:01 pm, November 21, 2020
Until now, the outgoing deputy mayor had Birgit hebein He only commented on the internal events of the match in recent days in posts on social media. Now he wanted to speak “plain text”, as he put it in his speech. She also sees her reason in this crack No election for a managerial position.
He also explained why this was so important to the party leaders. Historically, he has shown that “we always have to bring these parts of the party together to appear stronger.” This has now been decided differently: “That’s just to point out.”
However, this has been seen time and again in the past, recalled the party’s internal debate on the hay market, the replacement for its predecessor. Maria Vassilakou and the non-election of his person for a managerial position.
the fracture between the green club in the city council and Hebein took place on Monday. The outgoing Transportation Councilor and Deputy Mayor Hebein ran for both the club chief position and one of the two non-executive councilor positions. In all three cases, however, the green leaders refused to give their consent.
Confirmed transfer
The club boss was back David ellensohn, the town hall posts arrived Peter kraus and career changer Judith Pühringer. The last two decisions were confirmed on Friday by the second highest body of the Greens, the party council. As a result of the defeat in the vote, Hebein resigned from his term on the council. This leaves its only function as Party leader.
Hebein announced in his speech that the party council would also have one on Friday. Committee has decided “because we do not want to return to normality”. The goal of this committee is: “I should rework all this.” This should see where it is structural gaps It is what has been overlooked: “Because it is important to learn from it, because it is important that this does not happen to us again or that we slip into some kind of crisis.”
They still accompany the process
Hebein also announced that he would support this committee because he believed he was right. As for her future, she announced: “As president of the party, I will continue to accompany this programmatic process. Because I see an opportunity in it.” And also: “I will do that in the coming weeks and I will also participate so that my succession is clearly regulated.” Hebein was elected by a majority as party chairman in 2019. These The mandate would end in 2021.
In his speech, Hebein also took stock ten years red-green in reference to milestones such as the 365 euro public transport ticket or the renovation of Mariahilfer Straße. “We shaped Vienna. We shaped Vienna in such a way that there is no going back.” For her, the SPÖ and NEOS programs are “a continuation of our achievements”.
In the opposition, he sees many opportunities for the party: “Now we were in a coalition, we had to make a lot of compromises. We often swallowed and those times are over. We still have to deal a little with how far away they are.” Versocial democratization in our partyI progressed. But what we have now is the opportunity to be very clear about what is happening. “
