Thick government air: there is no disarmament in sight and no agreement on major chunks. The election campaign is over.
The government remains in an impasse and blockade for large chunks. The verbal skirmishes between the ÖVP and the Greens are coming to an end. Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) accused the governor of Lower Austria, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, in “profil” of “extremely dangerous and pre-fascist” statements because they only represent “normal people” who do not place much value on gender and climate change. and exclude minorities. There was a juicy reply from Lower Austria (“preponderance of the moral aristocracy”) and a second helping from Mikl-Leitner himself on Sunday. “The EU was not founded as a green NGO, but as a community for peace, freedom and prosperity.”
Kogler doesn’t respond to a request for an apology. When asked, his office refers to the concern that occupies him about the deliberately induced political radicalisation. “How can we achieve a better coexistence if we classify people as normal and therefore also as abnormal? That’s a fire hazard.”
Expert: ‘The dispute is an expression of helplessness’
ÖVP chancellor Karl Nehammer refers to his secretary general Christian Stocker. He calls for moderation and calls for a return to respectful factual politics. A pious wish. Central issues such as judicial reform or important climate packages await implementation. “Even the most important problem today, inflation, cannot be solved,” says political analyst Peter Plaikner. The quarrels are an expression of helplessness over burning issues. “I exclude that much is going to happen in this government,” the finding reads.
The mishmash of standstill and quarrel brings into focus a latent idea, which the opposition and the union are loudly proclaiming: new elections in the spring of 2024, before the EU elections. Officially, the federal parties want nothing to do with this. We’re talking about continuing to work. Plaikner: “In any case, the behavior of the governing parties already shows a pre-election campaign mode.”
It is therefore fitting that the Chancellor will begin his summer tour of all the states next Monday. “Trust unites” is the motto. This will not be an easy road.
Source: Krone
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