Effective Accountability Mechanisms in Austrian Constitutional Culture
The Long-lasting Effects of Austria´s Brief Governmental Crisis
Lachmayer, Konrad
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2021
Verfassungsblog
2021-12-20
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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.
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Lachmayer, Konrad
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Austria
Österreich
Corruption
Sebastian Kurz
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https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/accountability-aus-crisis/
Verfassungsblog
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Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
10.17176/20211220-115949-0
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10.17176/20211220-115949-0
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