Coalition with the FPÖ
Science warns against “weakening” Austria
While Austria looks eagerly to the Hofburg, where FPÖ chairman Herbert Kickl is expected to report on the status of the recently complicated coalition negotiations this Thursday, the critical voices are not getting any quieter. Now more than 1000 academics are warning against an FPÖ-led government in an open letter.
A blue-black government would stand in the way of liberal democracy and would endanger the rule of law, human rights and the protection of minorities, media freedom, an independent judiciary and academic freedom, according to the letter. The authors of the letter call for a commitment to democracy, an open society and freedom of research and teaching.
"Would weaken Austria enormously"
"We are hearing Germanophile demands for the Germanization of terminology and scientific theses - which would enormously weaken Austria as an academic location in an international academic community," linguist and Wittgenstein Prize winner Ruth Wodak is quoted as saying in a press release. According to the statement, the signatories include acting (vice) rectors, senate chairs and Franz Essl and Sigrid Stagl, "Scientist of the Year" and "Scientist of the Year" respectively.
The FPÖ's planned curtailment of scientific research would not only harm Austria as a science location, but also hinder urgent scientific innovation, the statement says.
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