nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211220-115949-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211220s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211220-115949-0 doi eng 342 23 Lachmayer, Konrad Author aut Effective Accountability Mechanisms in Austrian Constitutional Culture The Long-lasting Effects of Austria´s Brief Governmental Crisis Lachmayer, Konrad Verfassungsblog 2021-12-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who dominated the political arena in the last years, left politics at the begin of December 2021. The strengthening of two constitutional accountability mechanisms strongly contributed to this downfall: First, the competence to establish a parliamentary committee of inquiry without a parliamentary majority, and second, the strengthening of the public prosecutors' independence. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Austria Österreich Corruption Sebastian Kurz Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/accountability-aus-crisis/ raw object