FPÖ Files Suit Against ESM

Politics ♦ Published: October 15, 2012; 21:40 ♦ (Vindobona)

The biggest Austrian opposition party files a legal complaint against the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) at the Austrian Constitutional Court.

FPÖ Files Suit Against ESM / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Today, Austria´s opposition leader Heinz-Christian Strache announced to file a suit against ESM. The complaint will be brought before the Austrian Constitutional Court. In July, the Austrian governing parties SPÖ and ÖVP and the oppositional Green Party approved the ESM.

Strache admitted that the prospects of success are rather low. However, it would be the legal, political…