Because of the rainbow flag

Justice investigates FPÖ regional managing director

He is doing his party a disservice: following the action of FPÖ regional managing director Michael Gruber, who stuffed a rainbow flag into a dustbin for a video on social media, the judiciary is now investigating. Specifically, the public prosecutor's office is investigating incitement to hatred. 

The election campaign video by Upper Austrian FPÖ member of parliament Michael Gruber - as reported by the "Krone" - now has legal repercussions. On Instagram, Gruber railed against the LGBTIQ+ community and stuffed a rainbow flag into a dustbin. As a result, he was reported to the Linz public prosecutor's office by several members of the National Council. The latter has now launched an investigation on suspicion of incitement to hatred, as the "Krone" learned in the afternoon.

Gruber in the video: "Cleaning up for Austria"
In his preference vote campaign, Gruber rails against "left-wing degenerate politics", "early sexualization of our children" and "rainbow there, rainbow there" under the title "Cleaning up for Austria". The latter is "for the dung bin", into which Gruber ultimately throws a rainbow flag in the video posted ten days ago.

This earned him fierce criticism from the SPÖ, NEOS and the Greens, and several MPs subsequently submitted statements of facts to the public prosecutor's office.