Headscarf Ban: SPÖ Rejects Constitutional Provision
A two-thirds decision without breaking the coalition thus seems excluded.
Second Attempt at Headscarf Ban
This is the second attempt for a corresponding ban, after a first attempt for girls in elementary school under the black-blue coalition was overturned by the Constitutional Court (VfGH). Again, there are major concerns that the ban - this time for girls up to the eighth grade - would once again fail due to the principle of equality, as it again exclusively targets the Islamic headscarf.
Plakolm is therefore aiming for a constitutional provision, but would only achieve this with the votes of ÖVP, NEOS, and the opposition faction FPÖ. The Greens have already emphasized that they will not support an unconstitutional law. The FPÖ would be fundamentally open to it, but claims not to have been contacted by the government side yet.
A Look into the Government Program
That a decision against the SPÖ would end the black-red-pink coalition can be derived from the government program of the three parties, which allows no coalition-free space. It literally states on pages 13 and 14: "The cooperation agreed in this contract between the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, and NEOS is considered terminated if one of the factions deviates from the joint approach in voting in the plenary or in a committee of the National Council or the Federal Council. In this case, the coalition parties will jointly consider a motion for new elections and, if affirmative, set an early election."
(APA/Red)
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