FPÖ chairman Herbert Kickl sees cash as a means of payment threatened by European politics: that is why he wants the protection of cash to be enshrined in the constitution and the right to cash payments. He therefore calls for a referendum on this subject. The government clearly lacks the will to “clearly defend itself against the EU’s phasing out of cash,” he explained. Cash is “printed freedom”.
“Under the pretext of fighting corruption and terrorism, upper limits on cash payments are being planned until our banknotes and coins are finally replaced by the ‘digital euro’,” the FPÖ leader fears. It is the only party that has been warning for years about the “creeping abolition” of means of payment. “Cash is printed freedom, self-determination and security. The only protection of this freedom and security is the constitutional enshrinement of our cash and the right to pay in cash – a ‘fortress of cash’.”
The referendum received more than 530,000 signatures
In this context, Kickl also referred to the referendum “For unlimited cash payments”, which more than 530,000 Austrians have signed and which the ÖVP, Greens, SPÖ and NEOS have “pocketed”. “In May, the Black-Green-Red-Pink Unity Party again rejected the liberal request to enshrine cash in the constitution,” Kickl regrets. The liberal hopes that this federal government too will not be able to avoid a clear statement of intent and a clear mandate from the Austrians.
FPÖ boss fears trend towards ‘transparent citizens’
Kickl detects a ‘salami tactic’ at European level: ‘First the 500 euro banknote was abolished, now the EU Commission wants an upper limit of 10,000 euros for cash payments.’ completely replaced by the digital euro.” The goal is the “transparent citizen, not free and verifiable”.
Source: Krone
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