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A selection of reactions from politics, culture and sport:
POLITICIAN
- The criticism came from them SPÖ Country Heads: The Mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig He announced that, of course, the measures would be supported, but would have liked more participation. the Governor of Carinthia Peter Kaiser I would have liked better “traceability” in some cases, for example when cinemas were closed. The regulation is for Governor of Burgenland Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) “only partially understandable” in terms of content: he considered that the mandatory curfew between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am “is currently not justified,” Doskozil said.
- Even after talks with the government, the opposition insists on detailed justifications for the measures. Club bosses said they wanted explanations about the effect of each regulation that is presented to the main committee on Sunday. SPÖ Chief Pamela Rendi-Wagner Wait for the data to be transmitted before 2pm on Sunday to verify this legally.
- “A single farce and lack of respect for parliamentary groups” he saw Beate Meinl-Reisinger, President of Neos in the videoconference with Federal Chancellor Kurz and Vice Chancellor Kogler. Some questions were postponed to a later date, he reported.
- Certainly the main committee does not want to agree FPÖ. “I had the impression that it was a chore,” he concluded Club President Herbert Kickl after talking to the government.
- Governor of Upper Austria Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) he has asked his compatriots to support the government’s measures. It depends on each individual. “We need the help of each individual, otherwise the protection measures will have no effect. Therefore, it depends on everyone.”
- Provincial Councilor Stefan Kaineder (Greens) sees the need for “decisive action.” “The dramatic increase in the number of infections can only be brought back under control with a decisive approach. And the faster this is accomplished, the faster these drastic steps can be reversed.
- Wolfgang Katzian, President of ÖGB welcomes individual items from the economy package accompanying the shutdown, but still has pending lawsuits. First, in an interview with the APA, he insisted on the legal right to special attention time. You also want a coupon rule. Employees, for example, should still receive 1,000 euros redeemable in December for retail and catering.
- the Styria tip outside LH Hermann Schützenhöfer (ÖVP) Y Deputy Anton Lang (SPÖ) welcomed the nationwide anti-Covid measures announced by the government on Saturday. “It was time for the federal government to take uniform action. We have always called for a common approach and we are happy that now everyone is coming together,” the two politicians said. The criticism came from FPÖ-Chef Mario Kunasekwhich saw a “turquoise green frontal attack on fundamental rights and freedoms.”
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The Austrian Medical Association (ÖÄK) supports the announced regulations for the second lockdown. “The range of measures proposed by the government today has unfortunately become necessary,” emphasized ÖÄK President Thomas Szekeres. “The warnings, especially from intensive care physicians, must be taken very seriously: due to the number of infected people, which has increased exponentially in recent days, there is a risk of a significant increase in seriously ill and intensive care patients in the next 14 days. “
CULTURE
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- Sabine Haag, Managing Director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (KHM), stressed that she “of course does not agree” with the decision of politicians to close the exhibition halls after the closure. “We are very sad that the museums have to close,” Haag said.
- “Disappointed and sad” appeared on Saturday night Albertina’s director Klaus Albrecht Schröderthat museums “now have to be closed, against the draft regulation.” They did not take a differentiated look at the requirements. Museums in particular have behaved in an exemplary manner in recent months.
SPORT
- Hans Niessl (President of Sport Austria): “Now we have the paradoxical situation that a health crisis is being fought, among other things, by slowing down the Austrian health engine par excellence, organized club sport. For this reason, I want to affirm again that when it comes to doing sports – thanks to good concepts – there were no problematic clusters. ”
- Sandra Reichel (organizer of the Linz tennis tournament): “We are definitely planning it. We will definitely hold the tournament, if we can. As you see when you read the regulations, we can, but I can only clarify the final details with the health authorities on Monday.”
- Christian Ebenbauer (member of the Bundesliga board): “Health comes first. It is clear that the situation cannot be compromised on the basis of the numbers, and therefore I see it primarily pragmatically.” For him it is unfortunate that “popular and amateur sports have once again become paralyzed. Because football lives off the fans, not only in the stadium, but also from those who play in popular sports.”
- Stephan Reiter (Red Bull Salzburg CEO): “I do not want to judge whether that is correct or incorrect. The big problem that the government now has: it has lost credibility. And, of course, the population no longer follows these measures.”
