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« Reply #675 on: May 23, 2017, 12:34:39 PM »

Sebastian Kurz installed Elisabeth Köstinger as the new ÖVP general secretary today.

Köstinger, currently a member of the European Parliament, is one of the closest associates of Kurz and also leader of the powerful Austrian farmers association.

She has been deputy leader of the farmer's association since 2009. Jakob Auer is still leader. According to German Wiki Werner Amon is still GS of ÖVP and Köstinger is deputy leader. Is that incorrect?
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« Reply #676 on: May 23, 2017, 12:45:11 PM »

yes, it's outdated.
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« Reply #677 on: May 23, 2017, 12:52:05 PM »

Wikipedia always lags behind a bit.

Köstinger was presented by Kurz as the new general secretary yesterday and will officially replace Amon tomorrow.
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« Reply #678 on: May 24, 2017, 07:36:48 AM »

The new "dream-team" for the "ÖVP":



Köstinger & Kurz

Elisabeth Köstinger will manage the party and recruit the 50% women for the Kurz election list. Together with Axel Melchior (who was presented on Monday and who is also a close associate of Kurz) she will also manage the election campaign.

Asked if the new party colour is a sign of a ÖVP-FPÖ coalition, she denied it (but it's no secret that Kurz prefers ÖVP-FPÖ).
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« Reply #679 on: May 24, 2017, 08:15:38 AM »

will kurz end conscription?
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« Reply #680 on: May 24, 2017, 09:21:42 AM »


No. Why would he wanna do this ?

Kurz has said in the past that he prefers to keep conscription because it helps integration of foreigners and keeps the radical elements out (in a professional army, it's more likely that radicals volunteer, whereas the conscript army is a broad image of the population as a whole).

Besides, there was A) a referendum in Austria in 2013 in which 60% of voters wanted to keep the conscript army, and B) the FPÖ is also for keeping it and C) this is not an issue at all right now.
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« Reply #681 on: May 24, 2017, 09:36:04 AM »

Chancellor Kern is in Egypt today, meeting with El-Sisi to talk about a refugee deal, economic opportunities for Austrian companies and the Middle-East situation.

He probably doesn't want Kurz to have all the international spotlight ...





http://derstandard.at/2000058206987/Kern-erhofft-sich-von-Besuch-in-Aegypten-neuen-Fluechtlingsdeal
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« Reply #682 on: May 24, 2017, 09:39:07 AM »


No. Why would he wanna do this ?

Kurz has said in the past that he prefers to keep conscription because it helps integration of foreigners and keeps the radical elements out (in a professional army, it's more likely that radicals volunteer, whereas the conscript army is a broad image of the population as a whole).

Besides, there was A) a referendum in Austria in 2013 in which 60% of voters wanted to keep the conscript army, and B) the FPÖ is also for keeping it and C) this is not an issue at all right now.

because he making "new ovp" and i was thinking he will end that relic of the past since austria is last country in eu with conscription, but ok thats internal topic in austria. ovp - fpo coalition would be good for balkans.
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« Reply #683 on: May 24, 2017, 09:43:57 AM »


No. Why would he wanna do this ?

Kurz has said in the past that he prefers to keep conscription because it helps integration of foreigners and keeps the radical elements out (in a professional army, it's more likely that radicals volunteer, whereas the conscript army is a broad image of the population as a whole).

Besides, there was A) a referendum in Austria in 2013 in which 60% of voters wanted to keep the conscript army, and B) the FPÖ is also for keeping it and C) this is not an issue at all right now.

because he making "new ovp" and i was thinking he will end that relic of the past since austria is last country in eu with conscription, but ok thats internal topic in austria. ovp - fpo coalition would be good for balkans.

Finland and Greece also have conscription armies and Sweden will re-introduce it with July 1st.
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« Reply #684 on: May 24, 2017, 09:49:24 AM »


No. Why would he wanna do this ?

Kurz has said in the past that he prefers to keep conscription because it helps integration of foreigners and keeps the radical elements out (in a professional army, it's more likely that radicals volunteer, whereas the conscript army is a broad image of the population as a whole).

Besides, there was A) a referendum in Austria in 2013 in which 60% of voters wanted to keep the conscript army, and B) the FPÖ is also for keeping it and C) this is not an issue at all right now.

because he making "new ovp" and i was thinking he will end that relic of the past since austria is last country in eu with conscription, but ok thats internal topic in austria. ovp - fpo coalition would be good for balkans.

Finland and Greece also have conscription armies and Sweden will re-introduce it with July 1st.

looks like finland, sweden and austria had choice from usa: either you will enter nato or create your own strong army to fight russians
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« Reply #685 on: May 24, 2017, 10:08:39 AM »


No. Why would he wanna do this ?

Kurz has said in the past that he prefers to keep conscription because it helps integration of foreigners and keeps the radical elements out (in a professional army, it's more likely that radicals volunteer, whereas the conscript army is a broad image of the population as a whole).

Besides, there was A) a referendum in Austria in 2013 in which 60% of voters wanted to keep the conscript army, and B) the FPÖ is also for keeping it and C) this is not an issue at all right now.

because he making "new ovp" and i was thinking he will end that relic of the past since austria is last country in eu with conscription, but ok thats internal topic in austria. ovp - fpo coalition would be good for balkans.

Finland and Greece also have conscription armies and Sweden will re-introduce it with July 1st.

looks like finland, sweden and austria had choice from usa: either you will enter nato or create your own strong army to fight russians

We did neither: We didn't join NATO and our army and army bases are falling apart, because we only spend 0.6% of GDP on the army. A slightly higher spending would be nice, but our army should first and foremost serve the population in natural disasters. And get rid of the Eurofighters.
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« Reply #686 on: May 24, 2017, 10:19:42 AM »

The popular Austrian comedian Roland Düringer has announced he wants to run in the Oct. election with a bizarre new list called "Gilt !" ("Your voice counts !" or "Your vote counts !").



It's basically some sort of art or satire project, not a list with an actual party programme. Düringer stated that he wants to increase turnout and give non-voters and voters who vote invalid a voice.

Currently, non-voters or spoilt votes do not result in seats in parliament - yet not casting a vote or voting invalid is also a choice. It means that you either don't care, are disgusted with politics etc.

Düringer wants these voters to be accounted for and represented in parliament and wants to place stuffed animals (rather than human MPs) on elected "MPs" seats ... Wink



It would also change the vote share of other parties and composition of parliament. For example, if the "non-voter" party didn't run, the ÖVP would get - let's say - 33%.

But if the "Gilt !" party attracts some 5 or 10%, the ÖVP share would drop to 30 or below and there would be some 9-18 stuffed animals as MPs in parliament.
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« Reply #687 on: May 25, 2017, 03:31:34 AM »


No. Why would he wanna do this ?

Kurz has said in the past that he prefers to keep conscription because it helps integration of foreigners and keeps the radical elements out (in a professional army, it's more likely that radicals volunteer, whereas the conscript army is a broad image of the population as a whole).

Besides, there was A) a referendum in Austria in 2013 in which 60% of voters wanted to keep the conscript army, and B) the FPÖ is also for keeping it and C) this is not an issue at all right now.

because he making "new ovp" and i was thinking he will end that relic of the past since austria is last country in eu with conscription, but ok thats internal topic in austria. ovp - fpo coalition would be good for balkans.

Finland and Greece also have conscription armies and Sweden will re-introduce it with July 1st.

Macron wants to introduce conscription as well iirc.
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« Reply #688 on: May 25, 2017, 10:55:41 AM »

Slow news day, because of a public holiday here ...

The only interesting news today is that the SPÖ has announced they will poll* their members if the party should enter a coalition with the FPÖ after the Oct. 15 results are out.

* (The latest Kurier/OGM poll shows that SPÖ-voters are roughly split, 45-45, on this issue).
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« Reply #689 on: May 25, 2017, 12:27:38 PM »

Trump sold the Saudis weapons for over 100 Bio. $, today Chancellor Kern gave the crown-prince of Abu Dhabi a pair of skis (I don't know which advice Kern gave him: that he should try to ski down some sand dunes, or come to Austria in the winter ... Tongue):

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« Reply #690 on: May 25, 2017, 02:17:52 PM »

The full ÖVP-website is not accessible anymore ... instead you are directed to http://www.sebastian-kurz.at/home/

And the ÖVP-logo has been removed from their website.
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« Reply #691 on: May 25, 2017, 02:30:55 PM »

Dude must be extremely narcissistic, even by politicians' standards.
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« Reply #692 on: May 25, 2017, 02:40:46 PM »

Dude must be extremely narcissistic, even by politicians' standards.

This sickness has its own name in Austria:

"Erwin Pröll-itis"



(notice the missing ÖVP-logo on the campaign poster of the recently retired Sun-King)
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« Reply #693 on: May 25, 2017, 02:59:52 PM »

Götz Schrage, a Vienna SPÖ politician, posted the following sexist comment about the new ÖVP general secretary Elisabeth Köstinger:



He deleted the comment the next day (today) because of the outcry.
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« Reply #694 on: May 25, 2017, 11:58:05 PM »

Market/Standard poll (May 19-23, n=801, MoE = +/- 3%, phone+online):

32% LSK/NVP
27% SPÖ
25% FPÖ
  9% Greens
  5% NEOS
  2% Others

http://derstandard.at/2000058258028/Kanzlerduell-Kurz-gegen-Kern-schmaelert-FPOe-Chancen-auf-Wahlsieg
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« Reply #695 on: May 26, 2017, 09:26:20 AM »

The migrant NBZ ("New Movement for the Future") party, Austria's version of the Dutch "Denk !", will likely run in the October election:

https://kurier.at/chronik/oesterreich/migrantenpartei-will-ins-parlament/266.062.780

Well, it's not really a "migrant" party, but more a Turk party - because virtually all of the party leadership are Turks and they are close to the AKP.

The Kurier article also reports that they could merge with the "United for Vienna" party, which got 0.9% in the 2015 Vienna state election. United for Vienna is also an AKP-affiliated party.

Although the leader of NBZ said they want to be a party for all migrants, it's pretty clear that they will act as the extended arm of the Turkish AKP within Austria ...

And because most Austro-Turks usually vote SPÖ or Green, they will be hit most if many Austro-Turkish voters opt for NBZ/UfV.
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« Reply #696 on: May 26, 2017, 01:45:05 PM »

Sebastian Kurz had a tweet today, wishing all Muslims a happy Ramadan:



Strache (FPÖ) attacked him because of that, saying that Kurz didn't say anything yesterday when we had the Christian public holiday of the Ascension of Christ.

Strache also attacked Kurz because he often said "Islam is an integral part of Austria", whereas Strache always repeats that Islam will never be part of Austria.

Strache also said that radical Muslims should be brought to isolated islands for internment.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/25/austrian-populist-leader-islamists-prison-islands
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« Reply #697 on: May 26, 2017, 03:35:17 PM »

it must be sooo frustrating for strache et al, that they are outflanked by someone playing a centrist, who wants to subdue them in a coalition.
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« Reply #698 on: May 27, 2017, 12:58:19 AM »

The SPÖ is forcing their Vienna city councillor to resign after he posted a very sexist comment about the new ÖVP general secretary Elisabeth Köstinger (pictured below with Sebastian Kurz):



I forgot to include the translation of what he posted: He roughly said she's dressed like the young ÖVP women in Vienna that he fu**ed, or slept with, back in the 1980s.

Köstinger herself took it easy and said this is exactly the aggressive talk in politics that she doesn't want to see and that she wants to move on in a positive way.

http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2845598
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« Reply #699 on: May 27, 2017, 01:22:23 AM »

On Chancellor Kern's "Plan A for Austria":



In January 2017 Christian Kern, federal chancellor and chairman of SPÖ, launched the Plan A for Austria, a 145-page document outlining his vision for economic and social reform. The plan’s primary focus lies with strategies to stimulate growth by strengthening investment and labour demand on a national level. The aim is to implement practical measures that improve the lives of people in Austria and to change the economy in a way that allows more people to participate in the country’s growing prosperity.

Four key points on social and economic policy in a nutshell:

Minimum wage

One of these practical measures is a minimum wage of 1,500 Euro for everyone working full-time. There are still some 7 per cent in the Austrian labor force who work for less. This is hardly enough to make a living. Women are especially affected by these low wages. Raising the minimum wage to a sensible level can stimulate demand without reducing employment, as the experience of Germany or the UK has shown.

Education

To earn higher wages workers must achieve higher productivity. Therefore Plan A sets out ways to improve education. In Austria, as in other European countries, children’s education is strongly determined by the educational achievements of their parents. This is not only unfair, it is also inefficient. It is crucial to break family privileges and increase upward mobility in educational attainment. To do this, Plan A proposes to

* spend more on early childhood education
* focus resources in problematic school districts where they are needed most
* reduce the administrative burden for teachers, so they can focus on teaching
* strengthen education in “digital competences” to prepare children for the future and increase the number of graduates in STEM disciplines

Reduction of non-wage labour costs

Plan A also contains policies to reduce the tax burden of labour. A reduction of non-wage labour costs is designed to increase labour demand and, at the same time, compensate the shortfall in public revenues with an increase in taxes on non-renewable energy and ending tax loopholes for multinational corporations, especially on a European level.

Flexible working time

When it comes to the quality of Austria as a business location, employers are regularly asking for more flexible working hours, so they can adjust their production better to the fluctuations of demand. Here, there has to be a give-and-take: workers should have the right to choose a work-life-balance that corresponds to their personal situation more easily (eg switching from full to part time employment and vice versa); in response it could be imaginable to extend the maximum number of legally allowed working hours within reason.

There are many more issues Plan A touches upon, ranging from increasing support for startups, R&D and digital infrastructure, to combating unfair wage dumping within the EU; from mandatory quota of 40 per cent women on all company boards, to a job guarantee for older unemployed people.  To sum it up: Plan A is a pro-growth programme to stimulate the Austrian economy, but it is targeted towards inclusive growth and sustainable growth. It defines sustainability not only ecologically and financially, but also socially in order to overcome the growing fragmentation society is facing right now: a fragmentation that comes at high costs and will eventually lead to political disruptions by populist or extremist parties.

Christian Kern managed to include some key points of Plan A in the new coalition agreement, presented in January 2017. Due to the fact that the new conservative leader Sebastian Kurz has recently decided to end the coalition government, Austria will have snap elections on 15 October 2017. Nevertheless, the social democrats will do their best to implement as many of the projects as possible.

Sebastian Schublach is head of the international politics department at the Renner Institute.

http://www.policy-network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=6224&title=Plan+A+for+Austria
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