Future Government Without Integration Minister Raab
Chancellery Minister Karoline Edtstadler had already announced a few weeks ago that she would withdraw after the formation of the government, and now Women's and Integration Minister Susanne Raab follows. The minister is applying for the director general position at ICMPD, the international migration agency currently led by former ÖVP leader Michael Spindelegger, as she confirmed to APA at noon.
Integration Minister Raab Wants to Succeed Spindelegger
Spindelegger is retiring at the end of the year, Raab wants to follow him and face a corresponding hearing and election by the member states in the spring. In a written statement, it says: "It was an extraordinary honor for me to serve Austria and the people in this country as Federal Minister for the last five years." She has exercised the office with full force and passion. Now she is looking forward to a new challenge. She is convinced that migration is a central future issue for Austria, Europe and the whole world.
Raab's departure does not seem to be related to the emerging new government constellation. Because she had already applied as Austria's candidate at the end of December as part of a public tender. Her "15-year expertise in the fields of integration and migration, both at the political level as Federal Minister for Integration and as head of the section and department responsible for integration in the Interior and Foreign Ministry" is highlighted in a press release. The ICMPD, headquartered in Vienna, was founded in 1993 and now has 21 member countries. It has more than 500 employees.
Future Government Also Without Foreign Minister Schallenberg
The "Kronen Zeitung" initially reported about Raab's decision, who was considered a confidante of the outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer. The political inventor of the lawyer was Sebastian Kurz. Her future in the government would have been uncertain anyway, as the ÖVP already has club chairman August Wöginger and State Secretary Claudia Plakolm, who is being traded as a minister, in top positions. In addition, Chamber of Commerce Secretary General Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer is considered another Upper Austrian as a personnel reserve. Overall, the ÖVP team is likely to be thoroughly shuffled in the future. Because Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg had recently stated that he would not be available for a government under Herbert Kickl. Such an announcement had also been made by Education Minister Martin Polaschek before the election.
(APA/Red)
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