(Anadolu) Austria’s Greens party continued to take public criticism on Wednesday over an alleged coalition agreement to ban headscarves for teachers in schools.
Recently leaked documents suggested that the Greens had engaged in an undisclosed deal with the Austrian People’s Party (OVP) as part of the negotiations for their January 2020 coalition agreement.
The Greens allegedly promised to support the headscarf ban in return for executive board seats on the country’s public broadcaster ORF.
Traditionally an ally to Muslims, foreigners and refugees in the country, the Greens had attracted the support of voters with migrant backgrounds by standing against rising populist tendencies in Austria.
