State parliament
Anton Kasser (ÖVP) was elected to the new regional council on Thursday in the state parliament with 52 out of 56 possible votes. The previous member of the state parliament and long-term mayor of Allhartsberg (Amstetten district) follows Ludwig Schleritzko.
Kasser will be responsible for finances and state clinics as a state council. The personnel Rochade became known on Thursday last week. Schleritzko has been the state council since April 19, 2017. On the same day, Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) was elected government. The now regional council is moving out of service to Raiffeisen to the private sector.
Kasser had belonged to the Lower Austrian state parliament since 2009. For 30 years he was also mayor of his home community Allhartsberg. The 62-year-old resigned the function as head of the local authority as a member of the Lower Austrian State Government at the time of his angry.
There was “a crying eye”, said Kasser to APA. The previous executive councilor Lisa Schallauer (ÖVP) will be elected as the successor in Allhartsberg on October 7th.
Two new ÖVP MPs
“What will be very important in the coming years is the word saving. I also combine saving with transparency and honesty,” Kasser told noe.orf.at. He also clearly stands behind the health plan 2040+. “The changes stipulated in the plan are to be implemented. This is a difficult way, but without alternative.” His goal: “I would like to look at my grandchildren and children when I end this function.”
There have been two new MPs in the ranks of the People’s Party since Thursday: Mario Wührer, Vice Mayor in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, has taken over the mandate of the Neo-State Council. Lukas Michlmayr, Mayor of Haag (Amstetten district), follows the former state manager Bernhard Ebner.
Discussion about Dukovany nuclear power plant
The planned expansion of the Czech nuclear power plant Dukovany, which is 30 kilometers from the Austrian border, was also discussed in the state parliament on Thursday. The ÖVP sees the expansion of renewable energy as an effective counter -strategy, NEOS demands more options for wind power and wind turbines for every community.
The Greens also see the expansion of renewables as an antidote against high nuclear power prices, the SPÖ, on the other hand, wants more influence and a reduction in energy prices through the country. And the FPÖ criticizes the focus on renewable, the fossil fuels are cheaper and safer. Only in the rejection of nuclear power, everyone agrees.
