The reason for this is the inaction of the federal government. Also the NEOS want to see the “terrible spectacle” of the current coalition come to an end quickly.
“No more content is coming from the federal government,” FPÖ General Secretary Christian Hafenecker told reporters on Tuesday. After the speech by Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP), one could actually have expected that tomorrow’s National Council meeting would be overloaded with proposals. The opposite is the case. “Politically, the federal government is more than dead.” They are therefore calling for the dissolution of the National Council and early elections at the earliest possible date. This is the only way the population can be “redeemed”.
Kucher: Standing still causes damage
The acting SPÖ club leader Philip Kucher, in turn, justifies the new election request by saying that Nehammer doesn’t want to do anything about inflation anyway. In addition, in a written statement, Kucher rejects “a months-long party-tactical game by the ÖVP about new election dates.” The resulting standstill in the country is causing too much damage.
Instead of fighting inflation, Nehammer gives speeches about what he would like to do in the next coalition with the FPÖ. Therefore, Kucher says: “The earlier we vote, the better for the country. We want to win the decision against blue-black.” The SPÖ is the only party strong enough to prevent an FPÖ-ÖVP government after the next election.
Neos want to go along with applications
Die Neos will probably go along with both applications, as deputy club boss Nikolaus Scherak announced at a press conference. The Chancellor’s speech also left him “somewhat perplexed”. Although Nehammer’s “Austria plan” comprises 82 pages, there are only two legislative resolutions on the agenda for the plenary session – that is obviously all the turquoise-green coalition has to offer.
With regard to the well-known demand for a reduction in the tax and contribution ratio below 40 percent, Scherak said that the ÖVP had neither kept its promises in the past nor would it do so in the present or in the future. The Neos now want a “litmus test” in the plenary session and will submit several requests for deadlines for ideas to see whether the ÖVP is ready to implement them, announced the pink mandatary Gerald Loacker. “We are ready to deliver and not just babble.”
Hafenecker sees freedom people being treated unfairly
In addition to the new election request, the FPÖ also sets the topic of the moment. It is entitled “Objectivity and information instead of ORF tax, ORF bigwig salaries and indoctrination,” as Hafenecker emphasized, who is also the Freedom Party’s media spokesman. Hafenecker sees the Freedom Party being treated unfairly by public broadcasting and identifies an alleged campaign against the FPÖ. For example, there was “distorting” reporting, and Hafenecker also assumed “recurring manipulation” by “so-called experts” who, from the FPÖ’s point of view, were clearly politically assignable. The FPÖ will continue to campaign vehemently against compulsory ORF fees and for the restoration of a public broadcaster that also deserves the name, said Hafenecker.
