Political turn in Austria: Dilent alliance agreed on a new program!

Political turn in Austria: Dilent alliance agreed on a new program!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - Austria faces a significant political turn. After intensive and sometimes chaotic negotiations, which are the most difficult in the history of the country, the conservative ÖVP, the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the liberal Neos have agreed on a coalition. This agreement comes five months after the election and after three different rounds of negotiations, as Tageschau.de . ÖVP boss Christian Stocker announced that Austria is now working towards a joint government program, which is a significant challenge in view of the previous failed negotiations.

As the FPÖ general secretary Christian Hafenecker emphasizes, the new government is led by a “left-wing team” of the SPÖ, which, according to him, can expect negative effects on the economy. He criticized the election of Marterbauer as finance minister, who is a proponent of wealth and inheritance taxes. In addition, the professional experience of the new Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Korinna Schumann, who, according to Hafenecker has no practical experience in the free economy, brings with it concerns about future labor market policy. In order to cope with the debt burden, the new government announced a comprehensive savings program that also includes increasing taxes for banks and large private companies.

reform project in focus

A central point of the coalition program is the introduction of a mandatory integration program for migrants that should promote compliance with Austrian values and language skills. The government also plans a headscarf ban for minor girls. In a first measure, the coal aims to reduce the high debts to avert EU deficit procedure and to combat the high inflation by frozing rents in regulated old building apartments for one year before they are increasing moderately. These decisions indicate a serious change of course in Austrian domestic politics, which among the voters should primarily mobilize the deodorant base to support the coalition.