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Innsbruck (OTS) – The Innsbruck city government is again painting an unworthy picture. Instead of working together, the political squabbles happily continue. No one can want a new election in this crisis. And yet they are accepted.
The Netflix series “House of Cards”, a fictional tale of post-war political scheming, scheming and haggling, could easily produce a new season in Innsbruck. Once again, the coalition of four reels like a house of cards. Once again you are busy on the open stage. Once again today, Uschi Schwarzl (Greens), a deputy mayor with coalition votes, will be ousted from office, much to the amusement of the opposition.
In the midst of the Corona crisis, the Greens, FI, ÖVP and SPÖ outperform once again. The last trump card is the regulation of a test phase for the meeting zone (now fixed). A minor issue given the enormous problems of the city, aggravated by Corona. But the (legal) dispute over regulation is only representative of the city government’s ongoing problems. There is a conglomeration of legacy problems, new bugs, persistent poor communication, and the inability of BM Georg Willi to put all four parties halfway.
Willi plays his role in the crisis. Closing the door in front of the other three partners yesterday is bad style and has definitely caused the cannon to overflow. The mayor must also be measured by his own standards: a year ago, he (and the Greens) removed then-Deputy Mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer (FI) from office. If that wasn’t a coalition breakup back then, why should it be this time? Uschi Schwarzl often rushed to solve many traffic problems and only then did he seek contact with partners. That never went well.
The fact that the other parties are likely joining a motion by Gerald Depaoli, who has been shooting Schwarzl for months with a dishonest, baseless and horrible campaign, has a bad aftertaste. It also seems that they were just looking for a reason to finally mobilize against Schwarzl. There is also one or another lack of revenge.
No one can want a new election at this stage. That is precisely why the four parties of this coalition are playing here a game of fire. Innsbruck has big problems to solve. However, if it did eventually get to the point where the voter had to re-shuffle the cards, it should be clear to everyone that in the end the same players could be seated at the table again.
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