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The fact that the Finance Minister is now classified as a “suspect” by the Prosecutor’s Office for economic corruption, although the soup seems relatively scarce, is a gift for Red-Blue-Pink and a damage to the image of the Chancellor’s party. Never mind that since WKStA was founded, of the nearly 40,000 people listed as “accused,” only 471 have been convicted. In an SMS to then Vienna Councilor ÖVP Blümel, Novomatic combined his willingness to donate with a request to make an appointment for an Italian tax procedure. The ÖVP rules out the donation of a party. And help with the legal problems of large companies abroad is not uncommon. The one linked to the other would be punishable. As usual, the WKStA could not keep the official secret. That is why the domiciliary search in Blümel was advanced, avoiding the information requirements.
The successful Novomatic company traditionally maintains good contacts with all parties, the boss met with the SPÖ mayor of Vienna and brought ÖVP member Johannes Hahn and Green Eva Glawischnig to the team. “Novomatic pays everyone,” Strache commented in the Ibiza video. In fact, the Novomatic was always generous, also in cultural and social terms. The head of the green club, Maurer, now wants to know if there were also donations to ÖVP-related clubs (which Blümel denied on Friday instead of being sworn in).
The Greens themselves are under aggressive pressure from their former NGO supporter base, which is betrayed on immigration policy. The green base would rather rule with the SPÖ, although they might experience some “blue miracles” with the red asylum policy (and the pair skating in Vienna ended unpleasantly).
It is interesting to see the extent to which the party’s internal leader, Rendi-Wagner, was able to establish herself for so long as controversial. It is no longer unthinkable that he could become vice chancellor or even chancellor. The largest newspaper in the country is very supportive of them. Since an on-the-go coalition change is practically out of the question, there would have to be new elections beforehand, including months of mega mud battle. And that’s in the midst of the biggest economic crisis since at least 1945. Hence an urgent appeal to the Corruption Prosecutor’s Office: clarify the accusations in a jiffy, it’s not that difficult! A paralyzed government would be the worst of all now.
