Emergency aid for Wien Energie: the federal government is making two billion euros available. More could follow. The government calls for a quick clarification – the SPÖ is angry. The trenches are deep.
Mission accomplished, Wien Energie saved, but the vicious dispute between the City of Vienna/SPÖ and the federal government continues. “It’s no longer about sensitivities,” Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Wednesday when asked and accused of why none of their representatives had been invited when the two billion emergency aid for Wien Energie or the city of Vienna was announced. According to “Krone” information, city councilor Peter Hanke was invited by the government via text message. Maybe he read that.
Overall, a lot more taxpayers’ money could be at stake – six to ten billion euros. Like in the bazaar. The two billion immediately and at any time. The contract contains conditions. Nehammer and Treasury Secretary Magnus Brunner are demanding timely answers in the background. And a federal board of commissioners in the company. There is a suspicion that the Viennese gambled, speculated – and lost. Realized too late that the market could explode.
Wolfgang Peschorn, chairman of the Finanzprokuratur Attorney for the Republic, suspects something similar. The evil Michael Ludwig, who voluntarily made $1.4 billion in advance, and Co. deny questionable activities. SPÖ club vice Jörg Leichtfried believes that the Minister of Finance is attacking the Wien Energie group purely for party political reasons.
Tax money on the stock market according to experts “strange”
Franz Schellhorn of Agenda Austria says many things, especially the huge sums, would indicate that there was speculation in the market. With tax money, mind you. Schellhorn: “It is strange that an SPÖ group usually trades on the stock exchange. And: It is striking that the supervisory board of the group is opposed to the media and not the operational council. There are many inconsistencies.”
Source: Krone
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