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Rogue Austrian minister burns bridges to save EU nature law (www.politico.eu)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

This principle is called Richtlinienkompetenz (directive competence). He or she can basically order members of his cabinet what to do.

It should be noted, that this doesn't allow the Chancellor to micromanage the Ministers.
The Chancellor can set the political agenda and make high level decisions but Ministers have some degree of constitutionally ensured independence in how exactly they implement policies.