Blue-black in the crisis: climate bonus on the brink!

Blue-black in the crisis: climate bonus on the brink!

At a press conference on January 13, 2025, the chief negotiators of the possible blue and black government, Herbert Kickl from the FPÖ and Christian Stocker from the ÖVP, only published sporadic information on the planned budget measures. Jakob Schwarz, budget spokesman for the Greens, criticized the lack of transparency: "With such zero-excessive press conferences, the population is kept in the dark. In any case, you don't get trust". Schwarz expressed special concerns with regard to the announced deletion of the climate monus, which "" "nothing but a tax increase through the back door" "and could endanger the climate goals and jobs. According to Schwarz, up to 5000 jobs could be lost if there is a withdrawal of climate protection funding, which is interpreted as an alarming signal for the future.

concrete reform projects in focus

The coalition negotiations between FPÖ and ÖVP also show matches in many political areas. As on profile.at , both parties are in 19 out of 25 points, especially in migration and Asylum policy. This includes stricter measures against illegal residence and improvement of existing laws on citizenship, which are to be designed more restrictively by introducing increased requirements. Both parties also clearly stand for reducing social benefits for immigrants.

Another important aspect of these negotiations concerns the plans to reduce public expenses. The FPÖ and the ÖVP intend concrete savings that may affect the field of education and environmental protection initiatives. The creation of a "bureaucracy reduction law" is considered as a step to reduce administrative effort, although the exact savings potential has so far remained unclear. While the FPÖ has already expressed the first suggestions, the ÖVP remained specific in its explanations when it comes to the type of cuts. The uncertainties in budget planning grow while the parties aim to ensure that progressions