High voltage in Vienna: Negotiations on the budget are stuck!

High voltage in Vienna: Negotiations on the budget are stuck!

In an exciting political poker, the tops from the ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS continue to negotiate the budget during the holidays, which is crucial for the coming years. After exhausting nine hours of conversations on Friday, there was a small agreement for the first time: the "Austro-Stampel" plans to consolidate the budget for over seven years and to create a double budget for the years 2025 and 2026. However, the actual dilemma remains unresolved-the negotiators do not yet agree whether these measures can be carried out with or without an EU deficit procedure, which makes further planning complicated, such as oe24.at reported.

The pressure on the negotiators is growing, not least due to the demands of Tyrol's ÖVP boss Anton Mattle, who emphasized that a sustainable pact must be stuck until mid-January. At the same time, the Upper Austrian Governor Thomas Stelzer also swings in a faster continuation of the talks and demands concrete results, such as investment incentives and relief for the employees. In order to promote the negotiations, the so -called "budget group" uses the Christmas holidays for further consultations, whereby a sub -group could even come together on Christmas Eve. This is confirmed by the current developments that The press in detail.

EU deficit procedure in the focus