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For Mayor Ludwig, it’s not a big problem if people sit at a table after 10 p.m., as he emphasized. He prefers it when people meet in the restaurant industry than at illegal events. These would have been a problem in Vienna recently. If curfew is brought forward, “not everyone would go to sleep.” Rather, more unapproved meetings can be expected, he warned.
If action is taken, Vienna will do so alongside Lower Austria, Ludwig announced. He reported that he had already spoken with the Governor of Lower Austria Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) about it. Ludwig also recalled that Vienna had also called for stricter measures in some areas, for example with the protection of the mouth and nose, which had initially only been reintroduced in some stores.
Opposition
Vienna FPÖ chief Dominik Nepp called on the Vienna city chief to stand firm on the curfew. “If the SPÖ now follows the completely arbitrary advancement of the gastronomy curfew until 10pm in the western federal states, Ludwig & Co. would become henchmen of the turquoise green federal government and deal the death blow to Viennese gastronomy “he warned. Reason and sense of proportion are required rather than generating campaign related fear.
However, the head of the Vienna ÖVP and Finance Minister Gernot Blümel appealed to the city government to use Vorarlberg, Tyrol and Salzburg as models. Vienna could not afford more threats even in the face of existing travel advisories, he said in a message: “The greater the threat posed by the virus, the greater the threat to Vienna as a place.” Those who want to protect jobs and businesses in the federal capital should follow the example of other federal states.
