Apparently there is great distrust between the ÖVP and the Greens, which carries the risk of blockade and standstill. The government would have to implement “five central points”, she said with a view to the talks with club officials and social partners announced by the new Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) for this week. Rapid measures against inflation, stronger and more rapid tax cuts, care reform, expansion of all-day childcare including legal entitlement and “participation in the investigation of the allegedly corrupt turquoise system” are the five central challenges for Rendi-Wagner that the government must address quickly.
“Draw a decisive dividing line”
In a written statement, the SPÖ boss addressed Chancellor Schallenberg with the expectation “to create clarity quickly” and “to draw a decisive dividing line from the turquoise machinations” – so that the government can work again and “Austria gets back on track” .
