“In two years, I would rather rule it out, from a political point of view,” he said on Sunday in the ORF press hour. He criticized the reaction of federal politics to the increasing migration. He defended the way of regulating many things in Burgenland via state-owned companies, as well as the plans for care bases in the state.
Regarding the SPÖ’s chances in the coming elections and its ongoing conflict with party leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Doskozil said that this issue could not be reduced to just the personal situation. Rather, it is about looking at issues such as housing, health, income or redistribution with common sense and making clear announcements that are also credible for people.
Doskozil on his conflicts with SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner:
You can only win elections if the issues are right, politicians say the right things, the party is behind them and you have the right top candidate. He did not answer directly whether this applied to Rendi-Wagner. That will be decided in due course. For his people he denied this “from today’s point of view”, because it was difficult to focus the entire party on his way – for example with the Burgenland minimum wage.
The Burgenland governor on debates about the minimum wage:
On the subject of inflation, he criticized the federal government’s watering can subsidies, but stuck to the demand for caps on fuel prices, gas – here he complained about the small state share in OMV – or the reduction in value added tax.
About the measures against inflation:
He described the asylum situation in the country as “more than dramatic”. The actions of the Interior Ministry are insufficient, “one will not solve the problem with a focus action on the border.” Refugees are no longer even interviewed first, but are left to their own devices once their personal details have been recorded. There has never been such a way of working in the asylum sector.
Doskozil on the asylum and migration situation in Austria:
Source: Nachrichten
