Beate Meinl-Reisinger has described Austria’s Schengen veto against Romania and Bulgaria as a “knee shot”. “Austria has thus isolated itself considerably and has come out of the loop in terms of economic policy. I find this policy short-sighted,” said the NEOS boss in “ZiB 2” on Wednesday evening. According to her, the problems in the current EU asylum crisis are rather Serbia and Hungary. “Both do not show solidarity and do not comply with the law,” says Meinl-Reisinger Regarding the admission of refugees, she called on Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) to “put pressure on Viktor Orban”.
In mid-November, Nehammer signed an agreement with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that should strengthen cooperation between the three countries. Meinl-Reisinger: “The Chancellor chooses these countries as partners in the EU instead of entering into partnerships with other countries.”
“Ashes of the willing at EU level”
Austria must look for clearer allies (“axis of the willing”) at EU level, because the common European asylum law is not working. Meinl-Reisinger advocates “effective external border control and procedures beyond European borders – and that is only possible with agreements with third countries.”
“We achieve a lot”
In the “ZiB 2″ Meinl-Reisinger also took stock of the year 2022.”We achieve a lot,” says the pink boss. Your party is represented in the National Council, the EU Parliament and three state governments. “We strive to change things and practice clean politics.” The NEOS boss further explained that the party is not concerned with percentages in polls, but that “something has to change” in politics.
“There needs to be a new style”
The fact that the NEOS are now in favor of new elections is, according to Meinl-Reisinger, due to the lack of confidence in the government. You have to come up with a “new style”, because if people feel that nothing is wrong, then you have to create a new basis of trust with new elections and a new government, according to the politician.
Source: Krone
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