SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner visiting Chancellor Olaf Scholz: The focus is on energy supply, fighting inflation and emerging social democracy.
Former SPÖ leader and chancellor Christian Kern had his Plan A. Current Red leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner had a signed copy of “Freundschaft”, the autobiography of former Viennese mayor Michael Häupl, when she met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) visited. as a gift in your luggage.
The content of the meeting in Berlin was dominated by Plan B. The plan to free the energy supply from dependence on Russia. Unlike Austria, Germany has already presented a plan and taken the first concrete steps. Dependence on Russian natural gas has been reduced from 55 to 35 percent and complete independence from oil will be possible in the fall.
The Austrian chancellor and some ministers flew to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in early March to find possible new energy suppliers. Concrete results of the trips are not yet known.
“What is possible in countries such as Germany must also be possible in Austria”, Rendi-Wagner demands. And it also hints at a pension adjustment for our neighbors of five to six percent. Due to the extreme inflation, the Reds have long been demanding an early retirement adjustment in this country.
Social democracy on the rise across Europe
In addition to all the devastating effects of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, Rendi-Wagner and Scholz also found some topics that were positive for themselves and their parties. Social democracy is on the rise all over Europe after a long dry period. Rendi-Wagner now has a good chance of actually becoming chancellor. That Scholz is currently struggling with declining approval and lost state elections is ignored.
In Berlin it became clear that the SPÖ, which has been trying to score points with measures against inflation for months, will increasingly focus on climate protection and the necessary transformation in the future. Rendi-Wagner criticizes because the turquoise-green government is not making sufficient progress in this area. For example, we are still waiting for the Energy Efficiency Act and 19 regulations of the Renewable Energy Extension Act are still missing.
Source: Krone
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