At the end of November, Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler stressed that he would not support coalition partner ÖVP’s Schengen veto against Romania and Bulgaria. Now there are suddenly positive words from the Green leader in this case. “Something has been achieved,” Kogler surprised in an interview with Puls 24 on Wednesday.
According to Kogler, the line of Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (both ÖVP) meant that attention was now being paid to how those seeking protection were registered in other countries. Kogler believes that it is now also ensured that Hungary registers.
Kogler locates “turnaround” in the ÖVP
In general, Kogler sees a “turnaround” in the ÖVP when it comes to labor migration. It is “clearly going in the right direction”, as is also apparent from the mobility agreement with India.
‘Kickl will blare somewhere from the corner’
“In the end” the “Kickl” will “babble out of the corner somewhere, but that’s about it”. Labor shortages mean that partial retirement, in which Kogler pinpoints “hidden early retirement,” will now be phased out and worked out by March to allow retirees to earn more.
“Tempo 100 is not coming”
The main topic of the government meeting in Mauerbach was climate protection and Kogler sees progress “in big steps”. Tempo 100 will not be realized because there is no majority in the National Council.
Kogler rejects harsher penalties for climate protests
Kogler rejects the demand of the governor of Lower Austria, Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP), for stricter penalties against climate protests: “Yes, in Lower Austria there are simply state elections”. There, too, people would do well to “investigate themselves in the legal situation”, according to the Groenenpolitician.
Kogler does not see a majority for cannabis liberalization in Austria, as planned in Germany. You have to look at “the latest state of science and medicine” – but the Greens are “more open” than other parties.
Source: Krone
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