There is no peace in the SPÖ with the new party chairman Andreas Babler. On Sunday there was sharp criticism from the ranks – this time from Günter Kovacs, the representative of the Burgenland SPÖ. Babler should try a 32-hour working week with full wage compensation in Traiskirchen, otherwise it is “not credible”.
Kovacs comes from the camp of Burgenland governor Hans Peter Doskosil, who lost the presidency. But his objection has nothing to do with it, he assured on Sunday. In the ORF program Hohes Haus, the politician now criticized several of Babler’s demands. Tempo 100 on highways is “completely new” to him. If commuters are only allowed to drive 100 kilometers per hour, that is “definitely not okay”. With such a demand, the countries would first have to be consulted and only then would they be allowed to go public with it.
Kovacs also has little understanding for the legalization of cannabis. Dealers should be punished more severely and the high number of drug-related deaths should be taken into account. “I can’t be in favor of legalization, by any means.” With regard to a 32-hour working week, the SPÖ politician suggested that Babler could try this in his “own area of activity” Traiskirchen (where he is mayor, note .).
ÖVP: “Social democracy is abolishing itself”
The ÖVP and FPÖ are now following the spectacle. “The new SPÖ chairman has apparently already failed in his attempt to unify the SPÖ. The self-proclaimed Marxist Andreas Babler loses himself in contradictions and within the SPÖ there are diametrically different views than those of the party leader. Social democracy is abolishing itself” , says ÖVP Secretary General Christian Stocker in a broadcast.
Babler’s politics are not “for the general public”. An experienced politician like Kovacs knows that and puts it into words, even if he continues trench warfare within the SPÖ,” said FPÖ Secretary General Michael Schnedlitz.
Source: Krone
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