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Barbara Neßler (Grünen-Mandatarin): „Ich halte das Sujet für entbehrlich, aber es ist ein Privileg der Jugend, manchmal auch übers Ziel hinauszuschießen.“
© Foto TT/Rudy De Moor
Von Serdar Sahin
Vienna – The green youth caused a stir, not for the first time. This time, on the national holiday, the youth organization of the ecological festival published a picture of a pile of manure with the message “Stop celebrating Austria!” With the hashtag “Heimatliebe” on Facebook. The post has now been removed, but the internet is never forgotten.
What does the federal party say about the action? It is legitimate for youth organizations to express their political views in a provocative way, Federal Director General Angela Stoytchev tells the Tyrolean daily. It is also important for the Greens to fight nationalism. “But we do not share the form or statement of this publication.”
The Green Youth removed the post after a few hours, says Stoytchev. And: “Home means something different to each and every one of us. One thing is certain: we will not let the right-wing parties take office on their own. Especially in times like these, when the health, economic and labor crisis challenges us all, cohesion is the most important thing in our country. “
Already once: “Have a Flaggerl for your Gaggerl”
The green member of the National Council, Barbara Neßler, considers that “the subject is expendable, but it is a privilege of young people to overdo it sometimes”, as the Tyrolean puts it. But: “If this means a critique of the concept of home in the form of toxic nationalism, then I agree with the matter, but not in the way it was expressed.”
Freedom Youth denounced the Green Youth Organization for degrading the state. FPÖ boss Norbert Hofer announced via Facebook: “The degradation of our beautiful home country Austria by the Green Youth must have consequences.” Blue Secretary General Michael Schnedlitz has also moved. He asks the government to stop funding the Green Youth, and Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen should “take a position on his youth from the Green Party.”
In 2007, the Young Greens allegedly criticized nationalism in a similar way with an alienated poster of the Vienna campaign against dog poop at the Lindengasse headquarters. The image of a dog with a friendly look with the text “Take a flag for your Gaggerl” on a red, white and red background was removed after criticism.
