In this widely read Cicero op-ed, Athena Forum Director Faika El‑Nagashi reflects on her ten years as a Green politician in Austria and explains why she is leaving the party. She speaks openly about the attacks and defamation she faced from colleagues and party leadership, and how raising concerns about the impact of gender identity on women’s rights has become untenable within her former political home. As a former member of parliament, she criticises the Greens’ proposed new code of conduct, arguing that it signals a shift from democratic pluralism to ideological dogmatism — and accuses the party of having become a mouthpiece for transactivist positions.
Read the full article (in German) here.