Green Party chairman John Rauch and his party colleague Marlene Thalhammer, councilor in Feldkirch, have different opinions on the planned "city tunnel Feldkirch". Thalhammer is a member of the citizens' initiative "Instead tunnel" and declared opponent of the entire project. In his opinion, the compromise is too high a price for the coalition negotiations with the ÖVP. "I would not give in, I would still have insisted to know their position; I would want to look at what the ÖVP does."
Thalhammer but sees no rift between the country-Greens and the Greens in Feldkirch. "We're content not disagree," says Thalhammer against the ORF. The country-Greens are just as convinced that tons of money is put into an absolutely illogical transport solution. Pulling only for the coalition negotiations a different conclusion than I pull him would ".
There are different views, also confirmed the open-chairman. But that was not a party-internal problem. "We discuss the issue openly." He also understands the attitude of Feldkirch.
Green harvest heavy criticism
The EIA authority of the country has two citizen initiatives against the city tunnel Feldkirch, granted party status. In contrast, the state government has appealed. The SPÖ and FPÖ have reason to critically question the role of the Greens.
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Lawyer: Austria Wide no comparable case
The City Tunnel provides not only political debate, but also legal disputes. Environmental lawyer Birgit Schmidhuber from eco-office in Vienna shows, for example, surprised that the citizens' initiatives have received party status. Maybe the party position of the so-called Aarhus Convention can be inferred, from a legal perspective, clarification by the courts would be useful.
