NEOS plan: 20 billion euros savings for a better Vienna!

NEOS plan: 20 billion euros savings for a better Vienna!

Selma Arapović and Bettina Emmerling are the top candidates of the NEOs in the upcoming Vienna election. The party has worked out an ambitious “detached plan”, which promises significant savings without losing the quality of public services. "We also have to take on our politicians," demand the NEOS, while the citizens are confronted with new burdens. According to krone.at , the NEOS occupy a clear position: savings are also required in the political area.

The party calls for comprehensive expenditure reforms from the upcoming federal government. Party leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger speaks of an "honest cash break" to save 20 billion euros a year, the goal of ten years. She emphasizes the need for a "healthy budget" and healthy public finance. In addition, the tax rate is to be reduced in the direction of 40 percent, which could give workers ten percent more net of gross, explains Kleinezeitung.at .

planned savings

The 20 billion euros in savings should be distributed to different areas:

• 5 billion euros in subsidies
• 2.5 billion euros in federalism and administration
• 4.5 billion euros in the
pension system
• 3.5 billion euros in health administration
• 3.5 billion euros through a "debt and expenditure brake"
• 1 billion euros in interest

The NEOS also call for a review of the grants to avoid double and triple funding. A flexible pension system, based on that in Sweden, is considered necessary to take into account the increasing life expectancy.

The proposal is underpinned by a plea for the tax autonomy of the federal states, for which a two-thirds majority would be necessary. Kdolsky also demands a reduction in acute beds in healthcare to effectively improve care. These measures are in the greater context of the discussion about financial policy in Europe, where transparency, principle of economy and sustainable housekeeping are becoming increasingly important.

federal budget and challenges

A look at the Federal Balentment 2025 shows that the traffic lights passed a draft in July 2024, which provides for a post of 17 billion euros for the global lesson. This sum should be further reduced to the Bundestag until the supply line. It is foreseeable that the new debt may increase from 43.8 billion euros to over 50 billion euros, which intensifies political discussions about further savings, as in the bpb.de

The debates on the reform of the stability and growth pact in the European Union illustrate the importance of efficiency state issues. The Federal Audit Office plays a central role by checking proper housekeeping. The debt brake, anchored in 2011 in the Basic Law, limits structural debt and only allows emergency situations as exceptions.