Budget crisis: Union demands clever mix for the renovation!

Budget crisis: Union demands clever mix for the renovation!

In the ongoing coalition negotiations between the ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS, the massive budget with up to 23 billion euros is the focus of the discussion. Wolfgang Katzian, President of the Union Confederation ÖGB, emphasized in the interview on Saturday that a high need for consolidation at government negotiations has been experienced. Katzian pleads for a "good mix" of revenue and output measures and warns of budget consolidation, which takes place solely at the expense of the welfare state. The ongoing negotiations show that progress is made in some areas, while there are still considerable difficulties in other questions, such as "https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/katzian-budgetloch-nie-so-gross/615294689"> OE24 reported.

The budget problem leads to tensions within the coalition, whereby the SPÖ demands a wealth tax while the ÖVP rejects it. Katzian also emphasized that the increase in property tax could drive the rental costs up, which would be problematic in the current inflation. ÖVP chairman Karl Nehammer also did not exclude tax increases, but rejected the SPÖ's proposals. The Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce, Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer, skeptically commented on new taxes and called for a positive economic agenda instead of additional burdens, such as