The quadrature of the circle is requested: in the case of administration, health, education and energy, competence gaths must take place in the federal government, the federal states and municipalities, with simultaneous savings and improvements. The schedule is also ambitious.
It was not saved with superlatives. The federal government, the federal states and municipalities have declared a “reform partner”. In the four areas of administration, health, education and energy, competence releases can simultaneously lead to savings and improvements – the quadrature of the district. The reform process must be completed at the end of 2026. Many things even have to be finished earlier.
The reform pact was even recorded in writing at the Governor Conference in Leogang and solemnly signed. In addition to the top government of Chancellor Christian Stocker, Vice Andreas Babler and Minister of Foreign Affairs Meinl-Reisinger, Spö mayor Michael Ludwig van Vienna, as a municipal councilor and president of the community of Johannes Presl, have also signed their signature. It is still to be seen whether this will hold on to what it promises.
The Governor of Salzburg, Wilfried Haslauer, describes the difficulty as follows: “The will for reforms is there. But it will be a match between federal and centralists.”
“Democracy is annoying, but solutions are possible”
Clear language is about the fact that education and health, especially in companies, have to give up and therefore power if there are real changes. “Democracy is annoying, but solutions are possible,” Haslauer continued.
The individual groups are negotiated by the responsible ministers and state secretaries. In every area there will be representatives of countries, municipalities and cities. They must collect and analyze suggestions in the coming months, filter improvement suggestions and then present them.
A political tax committee will be responsible for the entire reform process. Officially, the participants in the conference were of course optimistic. But there were also skeptical voices behind him, whether there were more than just headlines at the end of the day.
Source: Krone
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