Stelzer and Gewessler

Black-Greens no longer have much to say to each other

Upper Austria's Governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) questioned the Green Minister Leonore Gewessler, denying that she was fit to be a minister. Two weeks after this verbal reckoning, these two politicians of all people were now standing on the same stage. The "Krone" observed the clash. 

There was no sign of a frosty atmosphere in the marquee, but that was more due to the extreme temperatures, which made everyone break out in a sweat: At the opening of Europe's largest sorting plant for lightweight packaging in Enns on Friday, two "pretty much best enemies" stood on stage together - specifically state head Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) and Climate Minister Leonore Gewessler from the Green Party. But why is the mood so clouded?