Experts formulate spearheads for the year 2023: a better consultation culture, more guts and tackling important issues.
The turbulent year 2022 leaves much to be desired, especially in politics. The “Krone” asked two experts to formulate three central Christmas wishes for the Christ Child: the political scientist Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle and the political consultant Thomas Hofer.
1) Off the gas: Thomas Hofer does not mean filling gas storage tanks, but the emotion in domestic politics that gets out of hand. “What we see right now is often hate. All actors must remember what they were chosen for: for the population and not to serve their own sensibilities.”
Heated arguments
2022 – documented in parliamentary debates and subcommittee inquiries – has been marked by heated, aggressive and irreconcilable arguments among parliamentarians. Stainer-Hämmerle therefore wishes to see more discussion culture in the new year. “It would be good to get rid of the words. And less fear and scaremongering.” For example, the asylum debate: ‘You get the impression that they are just trying to make headlines.’
2) Error culture and more guts: “That is a very important point: admitting errors. That is more popular with the population than some people think,” says political scientist Stainer-Hämmerle. Of course one has to learn from the mistakes, and sometimes also draw consequences. “It doesn’t have to be acquiescence.” Thomas Hofer believes you should have more confidence and confidence. A central story of the Second Republic, the Ascension story, has disappeared. You also have to have the confidence to raise nasty things and trust that the population is much more mature than politicians think.
Crisis in the education system
3) Addressing hot topics: Dealing with the current crises is exhausting, frustrating and takes more than a day, says Hofer. “But smoldering crises, such as those in the education system, are overlooked. They barely make headlines on a daily basis. That is precisely why they must be tackled, even if the fruits of this can only be reaped by the (but) next generation of politicians.”
Both the government and the opposition should respond to this. “Spending more and more money to alleviate frustration is not enough.” Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle has a particularly pious wish for the political Christian child: less party tactics, but more common ground.
Source: Krone
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