Austrian Government Wants International Group of Experts

People ♦ Published: February 20, 2014; 17:06 ♦ (Vindobona)

More and more voices for a parliamentary investigation committee for ailing bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria are being raised even within the SPÖ and the ÖVP. However, the government has other plans.

Austrian Government Wants International Group of Experts / Picture: © Wikipedia / JJ55 (30 March 2008)

However, the majority believes that the investigation committee is only supposed to come into operation “after the sensible phase of the capital market.” In an interview with Austrian daily “Standard”, Hannes Jarolim, legal spokesman of the SPÖ (Social Democrats), said that an investigation committee could be envisaged and was “worthy of discussion”.

Eva Glawischnig,…