Experienced Styrian mayor Erwin Dirnberger temporarily heads the Austrian Association of Municipalities following the resignation of Alfred Riedls and is fully involved in the financial equalization negotiations. What he is asking for and why the new position appeals to him in the longer term.
It’s a textbook ÖVP career: Mayor of St. Johann-Köppling since 1990 (Söding-St. Johann since the merger in 2015), member of the state parliament for almost 30 years, chairman of the Styrian Association of Municipalities since 2007. Erwin Dirnberger is a politician who prefers down-to-earth negotiations over polemical disputes. In recent weeks, he has suddenly found himself at the forefront of one of Austria’s most sensitive domestic political issues: financial equalization.
Source: Krone
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