*** FULL ***<\/i><\/b><\/p>\nRobert Misik in conversation with Heinz Mayer<\/h4>\n
Rule of law in danger?
\nOn the 101st anniversary of the Austrian Federal Constitution<\/h4>\n
\u201eOur political situation has made a qualitative leap,\u201c says Heinz Mayer, constitutional law expert and former dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna. \u201eOf course there has always been corruption. But the question is: how do you deal with it in politically responsible positions? And there has been a huge crack. In other words, this mixing of the public and private spheres, the simultaneous persecution of critics, the media, journalists, but also representatives of civil society - keyword: the Catholic Church. This has never happened before in this form. I certainly can't remember anything like it. And when the Federal Chancellor stands up and sweepingly calls the public prosecutor's office a \u201ared network\u2018 and says: \u201aThey have made serious mistakes\u2018 without naming a single one, then that is a massive attack on the independence of the judiciary. And you can't stand by and watch.\u201c<\/p>\n
Is the rule of law in danger due to the constant Turkish attacks? Is liberal democracy in danger of being undermined? Is our republic on a slippery slope towards authoritarian, illiberal governance? Heinz Mayer, co-initiator of the anti-corruption referendum, talks about this at the Bruno Kreisky Forum and answers questions from moderator Robert Misik and the audience.<\/p>\n
Heinz Mayer<\/strong>, constitutional and administrative lawyer, professor emeritus at the University of Vienna and former dean of the university's Faculty of Law; author of several standard legal works and reviewer *** AUSGEBUCHT *** Robert Misik im Gespr\u00e4ch mit Heinz Mayer Rechtsstaat in Gefahr? Zum 101. Geburtstag der \u00d6sterreichischen Bundesverfassung \u201eUnsere politische Situation hat einen Qualit\u00e4tssprung gemacht\u201c, sagt Heinz Mayer, Verfassungsrechtler und Ex-Dekan der juridischen Fakult\u00e4t der Uni Wien. \u201eKorruption hat es nat\u00fcrlich immer gegeben. Die Frage ist aber: Wie geht man in politisch verantwortungsbewussten Positionen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4535,"template":"","format":[29],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"schwerpunkt":[42],"class_list":["post-4534","kreisky_event","type-kreisky_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schwerpunkt-arbeit-wirtschaft-und-soziales","format-podiumsdiskussion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nRobert Misik<\/strong>, Author and journalist<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"