The current ‘duel’ on krone.tv between Eva Glawischnig and Andreas Mölzer is, among other things, about the question of whether the domestic budget deficit, which will be significant again in the 2024 election year due to many election gimmicks, should be covered with a debt brake.
Andreas Mölzer: “If the Republic’s debts are too high, Austria’s financial ratings will fall and the federal government will no longer receive cheap, fresh money.” Glawischnig wants to draw a clear line when it comes to the state’s incurred debts: “The debt brake must be in the constitution so that the budget is not further exceeded every year.” In the past, the budget was not handled carefully: “We only had a balanced budget twice.
And especially in 2024, we have a typical election campaign budget where no party wants to make cuts in order not to lose votes.” Mölzer: “Many people are currently concerned about the Austrian budget and the general debt level of the republic. But if you suffer from it yourself, you are more skeptical about savings.”
The two duelists also discuss violent youth gangs on the Vienna Ring Road near the Westbahnhof. Eva Glawischnig: “There are many young people aged twelve, thirteen and fourteen. For them, social media fragments are often much more important for increasing radicalization than their own family.”
Mölzer, in summary: “It is a gathering of people who often have a migration background.” He also notices this in his hometown of Carinthia: “I experience similar meetings in Villach.”
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Source: Krone
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