In order to stop the wave of inflation, the SPÖ boss wants to tip VAT on electricity and gas. In addition, one should go back to 2G and mask requirement.
Whether in Convenience storein the Gas station or the gas bill; in the last few months, many areas of life have become massively more expensive. First the Corona crisis, now it’s the war in Ukraine that is endangering Europe’s supply of natural gas and wheat. To stop the inflation wave, there was one on Sunday Energy Summit in the chancellery. However, this ended without concrete results.
SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner already has some concrete suggestions. In order to explain this, she was invited to the “ZiB 2 am Sonntag” for an interview with Martin Thür. Also on the vaccination requirement and the current Explosion of Corona cases the epidemiologist was asked.
No tax on electricity and gas
In the past, Rendi-Wagner has called for VAT on petrol and diesel to be completely abolished. But EU law forbids that, Thür accused her. “Who says that?” Asked the SPÖ club boss. “I’ve had enough of everything that doesn’t work.”
In gastronomy, taxes could at least be suspended during the pandemic. But now the same minister is saying that this is suddenly no longer possible. “Just watching and doing nothing is not an option.” The federal government should finally act. If Rendi-Wagner had his way, the value added tax on gas and electricity should also fall completely.
That at today’s Energy Summit However, the fact that no results were presented was a “slap in the face” for the many people who are affected by inflation on a daily basis. “It’s a bit like Marie Antoinette, who said that people who can’t afford bread should eat cake. That’s aloof. That’s ivory tower politics.”
Relaxation was a mistake
In terms of pandemic management, she would not have let it get that far in the first place. “The easing in the middle of a wave was a serious mistake”, Vienna went the right way here. The federal government should also return to this: the party leader demanded 2G in the catering trade and masks in all indoor areas where many people come together.
She would have preferred to see mandatory vaccination checks and penalties for those who were completely unvaccinated. A high level of vaccination is a prerequisite for a safe autumn.