Tomorrow new election application – SPÖ believes it: “It does not go any further”

The turquoise-green government is making no progress on currently pressing issues such as the massive impact of inflation or the pandemic, “which is far from over”, nor on future tasks such as health care reform or energy change. Instead of solving the crises, they enhance turquoise green. “We have the highest inflation in 41 years,” says Leichtfried. As a result, a third of people have to limit themselves when buying groceries.

“Small reforms” and “no concrete plan” from the government
There is also “no concrete plan” for the switch to renewable energy sources. The government has been guilty of the climate protection law for 500 days, the red deputy club boss criticized. And when it came to the important issue of care, a “minor reform” was recently presented. But if you look behind the “show”, you see that 24-hour care has been forgotten and that the health care allowance would only come in the autumn of 2023. The SPÖ will therefore submit its own application, according to which the nursing allowance must start in the autumn and the increase in the nursing allowance must be brought forward.

Negotiations are still ongoing
According to Leichtfried, the resolutions on gas storage planned for the next plenary are still under negotiation, some of which require a constitutional majority. When it comes to the Energy Control Act, it “looks very good” that the SPÖ will pass the necessary two-thirds majority.

Details of the amendment to the Gas Industry Act still need to be clarified. But one is “of good will,” said Leichtfried, “But it depends on the negotiations.”