The upcoming savings in all ministries are already causing an alarm vote for the police and the armed forces. In this way the executive overtime must be removed. The government ensures that it is not shortened in safety.
The government has decided that all ministries should save 15 percent in the event of material efforts. A total of 1.1 billion euros must be saved. This is part of the savings package with which the deficit under the Maastricht -limit of three percent of GDP specified by the EU must be pressed and an EU deficiency procedure must be avoided. The Union -related Momentum Institute has calculated that the Ministry of Defense should manage 14.9 percent of the focused on the focused on 166 million euros.
Vice -Chancelery has to save the least
The second largest contribution of 13.1 percent (146.3 million) comes from the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor and Health is 12.7 percent (142.1 million euros). The Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Technology must save 11.5 percent (128.7 million euros). Family, youth, EU and integration contribute 10.1 percent with 112.3 million euros. The Ministry of the Interior must therefore save 110 million euros.
According to the plan, the Ministry of Finance should contribute 85.5 million, which, however, only corresponds to 0.3 percent of the departmental budget. With around 18 million, the federal chancellery must contribute to the billion the third lowest contribution to the billion, but the share of the departmental budget is relatively high at 2.4 percent. Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) emphasized after the ministerial council meeting on Wednesday that the specific savings plans have not yet been completed. And he raised the fact that the sum of 1.1 billion was priced, but which 15 percent could be weighed differently in the ministries.
Stocker promises: “Do not save on security”
Stocker and the bosses of the Minister of Security, Klaudia Tanner and Gerhard Karner confirmed that it would not be saved in security. “With the State Defense Financing, we have created a legal basis for the budgetary strengthening of our army. In addition, the continuation and implementation of the 2032+ development plan and the budgetary goal to increase the gross domestic product in the coming years will be increasing to two percent in the government program – this is crucial for me, “Tanner said the” Krone “.
The currently published figures from the Institute cannot be confirmed seriously because the budget has not yet been completed for this year. “A final and resilient statement about the figures can only be made once the budget negotiations are completed and the austerity measures are specifically determined,” the minister said.
Marterbauer is also dedicated to the army
When asked by the “Krone”, the Red Finance minister Markus Marterbauer also confirmed that the development plan of the federal army was excluded. Both Sky Shield and the successor to Eurofighter are part of the government agreement. The money will be provided for this. The day before, on the outskirts of the EU municipal council economy and finance (ECOFIN) in Brussels, he meant that the defense did not cost “what would be”. It is’ very important to ensure that the defense issues are also implemented as efficiently as possible. Nowhere do we only have one euro to grant. The health insurers are extremely tight, so priorities must be placed in the defense area.
Chancellor Stocker, in turn, pointed out that in view of the upgrade in the EU there is a discussion to get the defense outscasions from the Maastrich criteria.
Source: Krone
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