Stelzer and Gewessler

Black-Greens no longer have much to say to each other

A snapshot before the joint appearance: Gewessler is engrossed in her documents, and the head of the province, Stelzer, who had previously sharply criticized the minister, is probably not in the mood for small talk either.

(Bild: Loy Robert/Robert Loy)

Upper Austria's Governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) questioned the Green Minister Leonore Gewessler, denying that she was fit to be a minister. Two weeks after this verbal reckoning, these two politicians of all people were now standing on the same stage. The "Krone" observed the clash.

There was no sign of a frosty atmosphere in the marquee, but that was more due to the extreme temperatures, which made everyone break out in a sweat: At the opening of Europe's largest sorting plant for lightweight packaging in Enns on Friday, two "pretty much best enemies" stood on stage together - specifically state head Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) and Climate Minister Leonore Gewessler from the Green Party. But why is the mood so clouded?