First there was a cordial exchange of blows in the city council, then the parties worked together to pave the way for new elections on April 27. This is how it continues now.
The early elections in Vienna in 95 days cast their shadow. While the ÖVP presented its first election campaign (“Vienna remains Vienna”) during the city council meeting, the new elections had yet to be decided on April 27. As is known, Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) and his deputy Christoph Wiederkehr (NEOS) announced at the end of last week that they did not want to wait until the regular date in the autumn – ‘to spare the Viennese for a long time’. election campaign.”
After a topical question time and a vigorous debate, it was decided during a spontaneously convened presidential meeting that a joint proposal would be submitted by all parties. Subsequently, it was unanimously decided to dissolve the municipal council early.
Now there are even special sessions
A formal request has been made to dissolve the municipal council before the end of the election period – although the dissolution will not take effect immediately, as the regular meetings of the municipal council and the state parliament are scheduled to take place until the elections in just a few months . less than three months. And not only that: in his speech, SPÖ club leader Joe Taucher indicated that special meetings could also be planned to decide on outstanding projects. His motto: ‘We still have a lot to do, so we keep working.’ According to Rijksmonitor, 93.4 percent of the city government’s projects have already been implemented or are being implemented.
All opposition parties offered themselves to SPÖ leader Michael Ludwig as a future coalition partner. Also the FPÖ. “The city of Vienna regularly demands more police officers for Vienna – a demand it shares with the FPÖ,” said FPÖ President Dominik Nepp. But even though this punch donut has now been gnawed, the collaboration between the SPÖ and Neos could be continued again before the summer. Assuming things work out again.
Source: Krone
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