National Council: Fixed Committee Dates for Parliament
The success of the Freedom Party is reflected, among other things, in the fact that they receive the chairmanship of the Education Committee from the ÖVP. The number of committees is reduced by two, as there are mergers in the areas of research and public advocacy.
38 Committees
Specifically, the number of committees is now 38, as reported by the parliamentary correspondence. On the one hand, the Public Advocacy Committee and the Human Rights Committee will be merged into a joint "Committee for Human Rights and Public Advocacy", and on the other hand, the Science and Research Committees will be merged. The remaining committees will be constituted in January.
Committees with Fixed Dates
The more significant change for both parliamentarians and government officials concerns the course of committee work. For the first time, the dates of the meetings, including times, will be set in advance for all committees for an entire year. This is intended to put an end to the traditionally tedious search for dates, which is partly due to the official trips of the responsible ministers. The fixed dates are intended to improve planning.
As for the plenary session next week, the agenda is largely not yet set, as almost all templates come from the budget committee, which only meets on Monday. Expected are the increase in civil servant salaries, purpose grants for flood victims, and as probably the most important point, the new regulation of mobile phone security.
Extradition Request Against Kickl
The extradition request of the Public Prosecutor's Office for the prosecution of economic crimes and corruption (WKStA) against FPÖ club chairman Herbert Kickl is on the agenda of the Immunity Committee. Whether the extradition request of the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office against the FPÖ deputies Martin Graf, Norbert Nemeth and Harald Stefan will also be put on the committee's agenda is still the subject of consultations by the clubs. Both matters could be called up in the plenary on Wednesday.
(APA/Red)
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