Spindelegger: Investigation Committee “Counterproductive“

People ♦ Published: March 25, 2014; 12:17 ♦ (Vindobona)

According to the Finance Minister, an investigation committee would only worsen the negotiation position with BayernLB.

The members of the government support Spindelegger's idea of creating an investigation commission. / Picture: © Flickr / The Austrian Foreign Ministry

Finance Minister Michael Spindelegger considers the establishing of a parliamentary investigation committee “completely counterproductive“. The members of the government support the idea of creating an investigation commission for the accounting of the past, i. e. the nationalization of the ailing bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria. Other ministers argue that the accounting of the…