Criticism of the Lack of Foreign and European Policy Reports

PeoplePoliticians ♦ Published: June 3, 2019; 16:34 ♦ (Vindobona)

The opposition, represented by Andreas Schieder (SPÖ), criticises the fact that for the last three years the Foreign Ministers Kurz and Kneissel have not submitted any annual Foreign and European Policy Reports for the purpose of reporting on fundamental foreign policy issues.

Schieder calls for Foreign and European Policy Reports for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 to be submitted to the National Council. / Picture: © SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation

In a motion the SPÖ calls for foreign and European policy reports for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Since 1975, such reports have been prepared annually by the Foreign Ministry and submitted to the National Council.

According to Andreas Schieder's criticism, the last report dates back to 2015 and the Foreign Ministers Sebastian Kurz and Karin Kneissl broke with the…