“Beate Meinl-Risinger reveals her own principles for making the Austrian traffic light alliance possible. Because in ‘ORF Summer Talk’ she did not want any new tax. Today she takes a 180 degree turn and suddenly appears ready to discuss inheritance tax in an interview. Like Vienna, NEOS is also a flag in the wind in the federal government,” said Christian Stocker, secretary general of the ÖVP, in the O1 Journal, criticizing today’s statements from the NEOS boss.
Stocker says: “These are the first signs that even Austrian traffic lights are willing to cross their self-imposed red lines in order to power through.” And further: “Because a look at Germany shows what traffic lights do to the population: The German economy is stuck in recession, the traffic light parties are in constant dispute. The only way to agree is to legalize cannabis. Or it comes to making changing gender easier than changing primary residence.
“It is clear to us: while the opposition is constantly changing its position and this is absolutely unbelievable, Karl Nehmer of the People’s Party and his government team are working tirelessly for the people of Austria,” he said. Stoker concluded,