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

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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.

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Not really newsworthy or scandalous, but still a bit funny.

https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Hier-goennt-sich-Werner-Kogler-ein-McMenue/413006374

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Heard in the Conserva-Green coalition meeting today:

Green-leader Kogler: "It would be good if Austria were to take in some refugee women and children at the Greek/Turkish border."

ÖVP: "Shut the f**k up. We will not take in a single "refugee" or refugee, as written down in our coalition contract !"

https://kurier.at/politik/inland/hilfe-fuer-fluechtlinge-kogler-blitzt-bei-oevp-ab/400770270

In the end, there was a compromise that the border patrols will now be increased and 3 million € donated to Idlib aid.

Sad to see those Greens never learned a thing.

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A budget surplus was planned for this year too, but now the Black-Green government announced at least a 4 billion € package (= 1% of GDP) to help the companies.

The tourism and hospitality branches of the economy are hardest hit and it will get much worse of course.

Some hotels in Vienna have started laying off workers and sending them to AMS. A few are currently closing. I have some younger friends who work in the industry.

The cancellation rate is mind-blowingly high since all of Vienna's cultural destinations are closed, including even the St. Stephens Cathedral. Plus, no cafes and restaurants after 3 PM.

So yeah, while some people might even keep their booking where you're from, here it's totally different since they came for the things that were outright shut down.

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The Kronen Zeitung newspaper (once pushing the FPÖ/Populist agenda, then Strache wanted to take them over in his Ibiza video) is out with a major hit job against Strache today:



„Strache filed pharmacy purchases as party expenses. Among them: Viagra.“

FPÖ

F***ing party of Austria lol

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Green Party candidate said in an Arabic Show:

"By Allah, we have spoken about this topic before […] For the well-being of the children, we want to arbitrate between the parents. It is a good thing and we will try to solve this social problem even though we are against the laws of this country because these laws protect women and give them custody rights and also the rights to raise children."

Now that's woke lol

Important to note that the Greens have distanced themselves from these views and say they will "deal with it" after the election.

https://www.oe24.at/wien-wahl-2020/mega-wirbel-um-gruenen-kandidat-abdelati-krimi/449162908

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They should just allow the kids born here to stay and that's it. Should also have other requirements, tied to German, school, etc.

Most of our issues are a result of single male newcomers, not kids.

I get that it would basically be "pardoning" the law-breaking parents, but still not an insane issue.

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Hopefully, SPO-Greens-NEOS gets a majority and flood Lower Austria with immigrants.

Yes, sure hope so!

And subsequently be buried politically for at least a decade to come 🤩🤩🤩🤩

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New "Profil" magazine poll on birthright citizenship (jus soli) vs. heritage citizenship (jus sanguinis):

45% of Austrians support the current heritage citizenship law (jus sanguinis)
44% of Austrians support the introduction of a birthright citizenship law (jus soli)
11% are undecided

https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20210206_OTS0019/profil-umfrage-44-fuer-automatische-staatsbuergerschaft-bei-geburt-in-oesterreich

Well then, better get to building 2 more bus terminals in Vienna, God knows half of the Balkans will be coming for "tourism" while 9 months pregnant.

Source: I am from the Balkans, and this would definitely happen.