Maybe 2016 wasn’t that bad after all. For the first time an avalanche of right-wing demagogues that was about to roll over Europe, could be stopped. For now. The result of Austria’s presidential campaign, the victory of the presidential candidate Alexander van der Bellen was not only a huge relief but also crucial for Austria […]
Austrian politician from the SPÖ, he served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2011 until 2019. Professor of Social Policy and former Director of the Institute for Social Policy at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, he was also the President of Volkshilfe Österreich and of the European NGO platform Solidar.