Spar package 2025: Minister brakes budget negotiations!

Spar package 2025: Minister brakes budget negotiations!

Finanzministerium, Österreich - This week A crucial argument begins in Austria for the budget negotiations that provide massive savings for the coming years. In particular, the ministries have to implement a tough savings of 1.1 billion euros, which corresponds to a reduction of 15 % of their material effort. Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer from the SPÖ announced a tight procedure: "My most common word will be no," he said towards his ministerial colleagues. The ministries are now facing the challenge of doing their tasks on tight means, while two ministers, Anna Sporrer (Justice) and Klaudia Tanner (defense), face special difficulties. Sporrer was concerned about the burdens of her department: "You cannot save 15 percent everywhere", since it is currently already confronted with high material expenditure that concern important areas such as interpreting and expert costs, such as OE24.at reported.

defense and security in focus

On the other hand, Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner, who also fights with high factual budgets, must ensure that the security departments do not suffer from the savings. Tanner emphasized the special geopolitical situation and called for a rethink: "The security departments in particular can be viewed separately in the current geopolitical situation." Within the negotiations, the Ministry of the Interior must also make sure that the safety of the population is not endangered. The police representatives already warn of the serious consequences of a hard austerity course. As Kleinezeitung.at , the Ministry of Defense-had to save more than 166 million euros in the event of a uniform savings of 15 %, which is considered unsustainable by many.

The political managers, however, made it clear that they do not save on the security personnel and continue the personnel offensive in the police. It remains to be seen how the negotiations between the departments and the Ministry of Finance will continue and what actual savings are ultimately possible without endangering the important services.

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