- Title: 370 AT Ministers Protection
- Date: 1st July 2020
- Description:Ministers Karl Nehammer and Susanne Raab say they won't be intimidated after being put in police protection Austrian Integration Minister Susanne Raab and Interior Minister Karl Nehammer are under police protection since Wednesday due to threats in connection with the attacks by radical Turkish nationalists and Kurdish demonstrators in Vienna, district Favoriten. According to a spokeswoman, there were threats made, and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution has done an evaluation of the danger situation. Both ministers gave statements during a news conference on Wednesday saying they will not be intimidated by threats. Several demonstrations by Kurds and left groups in Vienna-Favoriten last week had led to several physical clashes with Turkish nationalists. Shotlist - SOUNDBITE (German) Susanne Raab:"Neither the Interior Minister nor I will let ourselves be intimidated by the new threats and the new estimated dangers. We will continue to go our way very surely, not a step backwards. We will continue to do everything we can to investigate and fight against any political influence from Turkey on people with migration background and associations here in Austria." - SOUNDBITE (German) Karl Nehammer ."The basis were personal protection is granted meets the protection of the constitution. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution analyzes exactly how the threat situation is, what threats are being made against the persons concerned and then, based on a so-called risk assessment, the Office for the Protection of the Personnel has to be granted or not. I can also say that for the Minister for Integration, which is not pleasant, a new life, so to speak, that starts with it but at the same time I underline what the Minister of Integration has done. We have experienced events as they took place in Favoriten [district in Vienna], we have seen that on the one hand political and ethical conflicts are being fought on Austrian soil and if you look for clear words you suddenly get threats destined to intimidate you to leave this path. But, let me be clear, nobody here in the federal government is intimidated by any potential violent perpetrator. We will hold on to our clear path". - SOUNDBITE (German) Karl Nehammer ."As already said by the Integration minister, be assured that we will hold our path"
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:01/07/2020
- Decade: 2020s