Austria's politics on the abyss: How the citizens pay the colliery!

Austria's politics on the abyss: How the citizens pay the colliery!

Austria faces an alarming political crisis! While the unemployment figures are increasing every day and more and more large companies slide into the bankruptcy, political managers are idle. The nation threatens a dramatic recession, with a budgetary deficit of up to 24 billion euros. In a shocking report by krone.at it becomes clear: The political elites fail because of their own interests, while the citizens get the consequences.

Compared to this chaotic scenario in Austria, the model of the future US President Donald Trump, who is already working actively on the formation of his government team just a few days after his election victory. With a selection of loyal followers, such as Bild.de reports to fill the government with effective and loyal personalities. Particularly noteworthy is Elon Musk, who will lead the newly created department for government efficiency in order to reduce excessive regulations and to tighten the administration.

Trump relies on loyalty

Trump is only looking for the most eager implementers of his plans in his government. Marco Rubio, an earlier rival, is appointed Foreign Minister and is considered a hard hardliner in relation to China and Iran. These personnel decisions show that Trump is determined to enforce his agenda without taking into account old structures, which often stood in the way of his first term. "Everyone who has been named so far meets these requirements," explains US expert Thomas Jäger and underlines the absolute loyalty of these people to Trump.

In comparison, Austria's politics gets stuck in a dead end, unable to take radical measures in order to get out of the crisis. In view of the rapid developments in the United States, the question of how long the Austrian government can ignore mismanagement before voters finally lose patience.