It is now important to find overlaps in the ÖVP and the SPÖ. We must now put what we have in common before what divides us, says Sven Hergovich, the SPÖ leader of Lower Austria, in the live talk of krone.tv. He argues: “Above all, we as SPÖ cannot deny the migration problem.”
Hergovich would not comment further or evaluate the federal president’s decision to give the ÖVP the task of forming a government. It is now important to work on the problems and challenges.
“Election results give me hope”
It should not be about posts, but about the content, Hergovich explains, also in view of Rudi Fußi, who is collecting expressions of support for a vote against Andreas Babler. But what gives him hope that this substantive realignment will happen? “The election results,” Hergovich said. This should always be taken seriously. “I see the social democracy as a party for working people. And if you see yourself as a party of working people, then you have to take very, very seriously and address the concerns and needs that affect working people. And I believe that there is a great interest in social democracy to do that too.”
“The nearest hospital would be in the Czech Republic”
In the healthcare sector, a debate has flared up in recent weeks in Lower Austria: In the krone.tv speech, Hergovich once again opposed the closure of hospitals, which is planned according to a published article. When it comes to a heart attack, every minute counts, Hergovich says. “It makes a difference whether it takes 30 minutes to get to the nearest hospital or an hour.” Hergovich outlines how the residents on the Czech border would fare in Haugschlag. “After the planned reform, the next hospital would be in the Czech Republic.”
The ÖVP reassures and guarantees the initial and ongoing care at the locations at all times. Hergovich says, “The exciting thing about it is what is meant by the word ‘at any time.’ Because the secret document in the current plan states that some of these hospitals should be converted into primary care centers. I have nothing against primary care centers at all; on the contrary, I support them. But you should know that primary care centers, unlike hospitals, do not have 24-hour opening hours.”
If reform comes, it would mean a long wait, Hergovich says. “We want to keep our hospitals.” The health problem must be kept out of the spotlight in the upcoming municipal elections, which will take place in January, the Lower Austrian SPÖ leader continued.
Hergovich would like to see a joint commitment from the other parties and a guarantee that the locations will be preserved. You’ll hear more about this in the video above!
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Source: Krone
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