The departing transition Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) gave mistakes during his first term. “I regret some of the hard formulations that I found as a chancellor during Pandemie,” he said. “And if I hurt people, I regret it.”
The FPö would still make Corona Pandemic a political issue today, “wear it as a monstrance for them”. “We all underestimate how disruptive the experience of pandemie was and how deep it was in society. We had to limit the rights of personal freedom in a way that we did not know before, “said Schallenberg.
The decisions at that time were “even considered applause for long circles in Europe”, and the obligation to vaccinate never came into force. Corona Pandemic is no longer a political issue in most European countries.
Proud of transatlantic relationships
In his almost six years old, Schallenberg is proud of the “very strong intensification of neighborhood policy” with the Midden -European countries and on a “very clear course” in terms of transatlantic relationships. “You can agree or not, but I think you can’t accuse myself that you didn’t know what I’m standing for,” he said in relation to Russia and Israel.
Schallenberg took over the office as Foreign Minister in 2019 as part of the minority government according to the Ibiza affair. In 2021 he was Chancellor after the fall of Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP).
Professional future uncertain
Now he withdraws from top politics. He wanted a change of environment. In any case, he was asked if he belongs to the new coalition of three, the politician clarified. With his decision, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was then “free”. Because of this, Neos Boss Beate Meinl Reisinger should now.
For his professional future, the 55-year-old “has no permanent plan”. For family reasons he would rather stay in Austria at the moment, the lawyer said. He takes time for reorientation. “Alexander Schallenberg was for politics. There will also be Alexander Schallenberg after politics.
Source: Krone
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