Dürr started with the topic of the economy and asked whether there would be new taxes or tax increases with the FPÖ and whether it should be part of the next government. Kickl categorically rejected it. Faced with the FPÖ’s call for a higher profit tax on banks last year, Kickl said it was an “emergency” due to high inflation.
Giggle insisted that a course correction in economic policy was necessary. No further damage will be caused to the business premises by the FPÖ. He promised that if the FPÖ came to government, it would work in a way that would not require new taxes. This is why it is necessary for the FPÖ to be the largest party in a coalition. Because from the alliance with the ÖVP, he learned that the big partner has a strong preference in terms of power politics and information technology.
Giggling: No new lines with FPÖ
Giggle recommends a new economics curriculum. Performance must be worth it again, he demands in “Summer Talk.”
A “Step-by-Step Plan” for Counter-Funding
When it was pointed out that Giglin’s plan to lower the tax rate below 40 percent would cost ten to 20 billion euros a year, and when asked how he intended to finance it without new taxes, the FPÖ club boss said: 30 to 50 percent of it would be recouped through strong economic growth and correspondingly higher tax revenues. will come And there will be a “phased plan” for counter financing. Not everything can be introduced at once.
Kickle will leave the Sky Shield
Giggle said he’s setting new priorities. He will cease to participate in Sky Shield, the common security umbrella for European airspace. And only citizens can get social benefits. In response to the objection that the latter would only save a billion, Giggle said, “The totality of things will be divided.” In the past, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) overturned the less visionary ruling of the ÖVP-FPÖ coalition.
Kickl announced structural reforms and “sustainable changes” that the SPÖ and ÖVP do not want if they participate in the government. We are currently in the process of comparing Austria with comparable countries and seeing how they provide similar state services at a lower cost. Kickl doesn’t give any specific examples here.
Dür followed the structural reforms and recalled the billions in savings promised by the ÖVP and FPÖ. The result, as the Court of Auditors determined, was additional costs, not savings. Gigl noted the coalition’s premature collapse (due to the “Ibiza” affair, note) and accused successive governments of no longer pursuing planned structural reforms in governance.
Recruiting workers from other EU countries
Kickl said that when it comes to labor requirements, EU citizens must be obtained first. A prerequisite for this to work is to reduce non-wage labor costs. For Kickl, the FPÖ co-governing Salzburg, which employs workers from third countries with a focus on welcoming workers, is a transitory move that is inevitable due to the boycott. In the long run, people need incentives to move into desirable occupations. Gikl repeatedly accused the ÖVP – and the SPÖ – of failing on economic policy.
Ambassador monitoring: why the FPÖ is now against it
Giggle defends its approach to messenger monitoring – and makes link to Covid pandemic He once again criticized the actions of the ÖVP-Greens coalition at the time.
“Clean” in Messenger Monitoring
In this context, when it came to the issue of a new regulation on combating terrorism and monitoring diplomatic services, strongly requested by the ÖVP, Gikl admitted that he was “refined”. A regulation enacted by the ÖVP and FPÖ was overturned by the Constitutional Court, which Kickl strongly criticized at the time.
But he had very negative experiences, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. A government “abandoned by all good spirits” restricted basic rights and liberties and parliamentary democracy to an unimaginable level. The ÖVP-Green coalition criminalized “the very people who stood up for basic rights”. Such a government cannot provide such a surveillance tool, said Kiggle.
A renewed call for a “law to ban political Islam”.
According to the FPÖ leader, there are more efficient ways to track suspects if there is suspicion. Kickl again spoke in favor of “a law banning political Islam”.
Kickl in the accusation against Hans-Jörg Jenewein
When Dürr asked Kickl if the allegations against former FPÖ defense spokesman Jenewein fit the image of pure political promise, Kickl accused Dürr of “dirty journalism”.
Genevieve’s accusation: Giggling has double standards
In the espionage affair surrounding former BVT employee Egisto Ott and the first charges in the case – against Ott and former FPÖ defense spokesman Hans-Jörg Jenewein – for breach of official secrecy – the conversation became very heated at times. If everyone is treated the same, Gigle said, courtrooms will soon be overcrowded.
And he immediately accused Doer of “dirty journalism” — because of how many times he and other journalists had quoted from the leaked files to them, according to Giggle’s cross-examination. However, the crux of the indictment is that Ott allegedly hired an officer on Genevein’s behalf to obtain information about participants in the meeting from European intelligence and secret services. Additionally, Genevieve is accused of passing confidential information from the “Ibiza” U-Committee to third parties. Giggle noted the latter.
Kickl as the elite FPÖ leader?
Gigl formally claims to be part of “the system,” which he likes to criticize as elitist. But he was not up to it.
Giggle: Not system friendly
Dore also asked Giggle about his continued criticism of the aloofness of the “elite”. As a longtime politician, is he part of this elite? You may be formally part of the system, replied Giggle, “but that doesn’t mean you conform to the system.” You can’t blame him for that, Gigl firmly believed.
Asked if he was being honest in a case involving a trust deal for a stake in an advertising agency, Gikl replied that yes, he was being honest, and that the stake was no longer there. Giggle has insisted in the past that it gave verbal notice of layoffs long in advance after graduation. These are all “baseless accusations” by the SPÖ and ÖVP, the most recent abuse of power initiated by the People’s Party had already made this trust agreement an issue several times in the U-group.
Election Goal: To be number one
He doesn’t believe the polls that have shown the FPÖ in first place for months. Most important to him is the feeling he gets when he’s on the road – it’s really good. The aim is to come first – and “it is logical for the FPÖ to get the mandate to form a government”.
Analysis of “A Summer Talk” with Herbert Giggle
After the ORF “summer talk” with FPÖ leader Herbert Kigel, deputy. APA’s editor-in-chief, Susanne Puller-Knittelfelder, and political scientist Peter Filsmeyer led the conversation at ZIB2.
Analysis: Important voter groups as a target
At ZIB2, Peter Filzmaier and APA’s head of domestic policy, Susanne Puller-Knittelfelder, analyzed that the economy can be expected to be a central issue. On the one hand, the FPÖ is presenting its new economic plan in a few days, and on the other hand, Kickl wants to win back the votes that switched to the Sebastian Kurz-led ÖVP in large numbers in 2019.
It is no coincidence that Kickl elaborated on the Covid pandemic. Kickl can’t lose these votes – but MFG and Madeleine Petrovic have two contenders on the list, Filzmaier says. It’s no surprise that the gig took off, Fuller-Nitelfelder said. Attacks on the “elite” and especially the media occurred primarily when it was “embarrassing” for Kikkel.
