🇦🇹 Austrian Elections & Politics 6.0 - Upper Austria election: 26 Sept. 2021

[CumbrianLefty]

A similar proportion to the number of LibDems who approved the coalition deal with the Tories in 2010 - hopefully for the Austrian Greens, it turns out rather better for them.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

A similar proportion to the number of LibDems who approved the coalition deal with the Tories in 2010 - hopefully for the Austrian Greens, it turns out rather better for them.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

is this the first time the Greens have been in government in Austrian history? As a party in cabinet itself.

[Tender Branson]

A similar proportion to the number of LibDems who approved the coalition deal with the Tories in 2010 - hopefully for the Austrian Greens, it turns out rather better for them.

Remains to be seen.

Generally, the junior party in coalitions suffers losses in the following election.

Not always, but most of the time.

[Tender Branson]

is this the first time the Greens have been in government in Austrian history? As a party in cabinet itself.

Yes, at the federal level.

On the state level, the Greens are already part of the government in 5/9 states right now.

They used to be in government in another (Carinthia), but not any longer.

They have never been in government in 3 so far (Lower Austria, Styria, Burgenland).

[rob in cal]

  The tax cuts seem pretty substantial. Is this something that had been campaigned on by the OVP? It will be intresting  to see Green party members of parliament voting for this.

[Tender Branson]

  The tax cuts seem pretty substantial. Is this something that had been campaigned on by the OVP? It will be interesting to see Green party members of parliament voting for this.

Some news media have added up all the proposals and investments that ÖVP-Greens are planning and the costs would be ~10 billion € per year.

That cannot be financed. I don't know where all the money should come from if the budget should remain balanced. They are not only planning income tax cuts, but also a cut in corporate and property taxes, an expansion of family benefits and billion € investments into infrastructure, public transport etc. I think they have to scale back on some things.

Anyway, the government gets sworn in on Tuesday 11am:

https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000112944598/angelobung-der-bundesregierung-erfolgt-am-dienstag

[republicanbayer]

  The tax cuts seem pretty substantial. Is this something that had been campaigned on by the OVP? It will be interesting to see Green party members of parliament voting for this.

Some news media have added up all the proposals and investments that ÖVP-Greens are planning and the costs would be ~10 billion € per year.

That cannot be financed. I don't know where all the money should come from if the budget should remain balanced. They are not only planning income tax cuts, but also a cut in corporate and property taxes, an expansion of family benefits and billion € investments into infrastructure, public transport etc. I think they have to scale back on some things.

Anyway, the government gets sworn in on Tuesday 11am:

https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000112944598/angelobung-der-bundesregierung-erfolgt-am-dienstag

Are these proposed tax cuts instead of or in addition to the ÖVP/FPÖ tax cuts?

[Tender Branson]

  The tax cuts seem pretty substantial. Is this something that had been campaigned on by the OVP? It will be interesting to see Green party members of parliament voting for this.

Some news media have added up all the proposals and investments that ÖVP-Greens are planning and the costs would be ~10 billion € per year.

That cannot be financed. I don't know where all the money should come from if the budget should remain balanced. They are not only planning income tax cuts, but also a cut in corporate and property taxes, an expansion of family benefits and billion € investments into infrastructure, public transport etc. I think they have to scale back on some things.

Anyway, the government gets sworn in on Tuesday 11am:

https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000112944598/angelobung-der-bundesregierung-erfolgt-am-dienstag

Are these proposed tax cuts instead of or in addition to the ÖVP/FPÖ tax cuts?

The income tax reform/cuts are the continuation of what ÖVP-FPÖ proposed until their coalition blew apart.

Everything else is new.

[Tender Branson]

The designated Justice Minister Alma Zadic is still getting bombarded with racist and anti-Muslim abuse from the disgusting FPÖ-folk on social media ("Muslim b*tch", "should be hanged at the next tree", etc).


Source: Green Party

https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000112926392/hassposter-verschaerfen-angriffe-auf-kuenftige-jusizministerinzadic

The Greens made clear today that she's not even a Muslim, but "without religion" or "non-practising" (as if it even matters).

FPÖ-leader Hofer also said today that the FPÖ is opposed to Zadic becoming Justice Minister, because she's a "convicted criminal" and that President VdB should not swear in a "convicted criminal" as minister on Tuesday.

Hofer: "It would show the true colours of Green President VdB if he swears her in, but removed Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) from the office of Interior Minister, a man with no previous criminal record."

https://orf.at/stories/3149810

Zadic was sentenced to a 700€ fine by a Vienna court last year in the 1st instance, after she posted a picture on her Social Media account of a far-right fraternity member apparently showing the Nazi/Hitler salute directed at Fridays for Future protesters. She captioned the picture with "Zero tolerance to Nazis."

The guy in the picture sued her for libel/defamation or something and won.

[Tender Branson]

Carola Rocket says Kurz is an eco-fascist, because he wants to protect the environment and borders at the same time:

https://mobile.twitter.com/CaroRackete/status/1213484637424623616

[Tender Branson]

There's now an English Wikipedia page as well for the new government:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Kurz_government

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

It's odd, because Zadic was ex-Pilz List member, and they were the faction of the Greens that were most anti-immigration. She's not part of the immigration soft faction, FPO cadre!

[Tender Branson]

It's odd, because Zadic was ex-Pilz List member, and they were the faction of the Greens that were most anti-immigration. She's not part of the immigration soft faction, FPO cadre!

List Pilz was only a bit more actively in favour of battling political Islam in Autria, something the Greens used to ignore in the past.

On immigration and asylum itself, List Pilz and Zadic held roughly the same views.

[Tender Branson]

On the last day of her term, the first female Chancellor of Austria says "Goodbye":

Link

[Tender Branson]

The new, first ÖVP-Green government was just sworn in with President Van der Bellen administering the oaths of office and signatures and Emperor Maria Theresia closely watching from the wall:


Source: Federal President Office

[Tender Branson]

Hilarious:

During the whole government inauguration, the public broadcaster ORF used wrong subtitles from a telenovela ...

The Austrian Social Media went nuts.

For example, when the ORF moderator was talking the following subtitle appeared:

„It is over. I’m in love with Christian.“

https://twitter.com/dieraffa/status/1214558656034816002

[Tender Branson]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_state_leaders_by_age#10_youngest_serving_state_leaders

He’s a bit younger than Sanna Marin from Finland.

Thoughts ?

[Omega21]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_state_leaders_by_age#10_youngest_serving_state_leaders

He’s a bit younger than Sanna Marin from Finland.

Thoughts ?

Good in Last Govt., yet to see about his performance this time around.

[Tender Branson]

The unemployment rate dropped to a new post-2008/09 recession low of 4.2% in November, according to Eurostat.

That’s -0.5% compared with a year ago and 4th-lowest in Western Europe behind Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.

[Tender Branson]

New Ö24 poll (Jan. 3-9):

39% ÖVP (+1.5)
17% Greens (+3.1)
17% SPÖ (-4.2)
12% FPÖ (-4.2)
  9% NEOS (+0.9)
  3% DAÖ (+3.0)
  3% Others (-0.1)

[Tender Branson]

Integration Minister Susanne Raab and Chancellor Sebastian Kurz have come out to defend the new Justice Minister Alma Zadic today against the racist abuse and death threats from the FPÖ base.

Zadic is now under constant police protection because of it.

Sickening.

Zadic is a role model of good integration of a refugee in Austria. The FPÖ cannot cope with this and that’s why they want to destroy her.

https://mobile.twitter.com/susanneraab_at/status/1215178639677042688

https://mobile.twitter.com/sebastiankurz/status/1215201122601836544

[Tender Branson]

Official portraits of the 17 ÖVP-Green government members:

http://fotoservice.bundeskanzleramt.at/bka/portraits_bundesregierung.html

+ the official „family picture“ of Kurz II:



Source: Chancellor Office, pictures free to use for political education purposes

Punkt 3:

Soweit nicht ohnehin das Recht auf freie Werknutzung, insbesondere gemäß § 42 UrhG besteht, erteilt der Bund die

nicht übertragbare,
nicht ausschließliche,
zeitlich und räumlich unbeschränkte
Bewilligung das Bildmaterial des Fotoservice, an dem dem Bund die Rechte zustehen, kostenfrei

zu nicht kommerziellen Zwecken,
zu redaktionellen Zwecken von Medien und
zu Zwecken im Bereich der politischen Bildung
zu vervielfältigen, zu verbreiten, zu senden, öffentlich vorzuführen oder im Internet zur Verfügung zu stellen.

[Tender Branson]

Greens 2017:

„At his core, Kurz is a Strache.“



FPÖ now:

„At his core, Kurz is a Greta.“

[bigic]

Doesn't the billboard have double meaning, considering that Kern was the SPO leader back then?