POWER THROUGH CORRUPTION

ELISABETH SCHARANG IN CONVERSATION WITH MARIA MAYRHOFER AND FLORIAN KLENK
POWER THROUGH CORRUPTION

What impact does corruption in politics have on democratic politics? On the occasion of the registration week of the anti-corruption referendum, Elisabeth Scharang discusses the state as a self-service shop with one of the supporters of the referendum, Maria Mayrhofer, managing director of the #aufstehn platform, and investigative journalist Florian Klenk. What is the value of transparency in Austrian politics and in the public eye? In what understanding of democracy does corruption develop and will there be lasting effects from the exposure of corruption in politics by the judiciary?

Florian Klenk, journalist, author, lawyer, editor-in-chief of FALTER
Maria Mayrhofer, political scientist, feminist and managing director of the civil society NGO #aufstehn
Elisabeth Scharang, freelance filmmaker, screenwriter and journalist in Vienna