Erstellt am: 25. 4. 2014 - 14:13 Uhr

Reality Check: Scandalous!

Info failure in EU election; what should really change in schools, Italy - Renzi vs. Berlusconi, Behind the scenes of diplomacy.

EU voting rights

APA/Roland Schlager

Green Party MEP Ulrike Lunacek was notified in February by the authorities in Belgium about what she had to do to be able to vote in that country in the EU elections in May. Non-Austrian European Union citizens living in Austria were not sent information about registering to vote, the deadline for which passed on 11th March. Ulrike Lunacek told Joanna Bostock what answers the Greens are looking for from the Interior Minister, and Chris Cummins put some of his own questions to Robert Stein, Deputy head of the electoral commission at the Interior Ministry:

Education

Reforming Austria’s education system whilst trying to make major cuts in education spending – these two goals don’t necessarily have to be mutually exclusive – in fact they could fit together rather nicely if it wasn’t for the politics involved:

Italy

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has wasted anytime pushing through some much need reforms including to the Italian constitution. Renzi needed the support of Silvio Berlusconi but now it seems the realities of Italian politics are catching up with the dynamic young, Renzi: Berlusconi is threatening to withdraw his support:

Diplomacy

From the Ukraine crisis, to the Middle East peace process, from the war in Syria to the Iran nuclear issue, diplomacy is a much needed commodity at the moment. Ahead of tomorrow’s Reality Check Special on the art of diplomacy, Hal Rock speaks to the director of the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna about the job of the Foreign Minister: