What Sebastian Kurz did not talk about in his speech

Although it was not a speech, it was an explanation of how Sebastian Kurz claims to have called his first appearance after his summer vacation. But there was too much left unsaid. A comment.

So the chancellor is back from vacation. It is said that he was climbing and a few days in a lake. Well, it’s just before the end of summer vacation. Sebastian Kurz back on the Viennese soil. And in the case of the Federal Chancellor, that means: in front of the cameras and microphones, mainly at the press conferences he has called. On Monday he will be invited to the summer talk and soon the elections in Vienna will be held. Kurz now wants to establish the issues: We all remember message control before the coronavirus pandemic.

In short, and the topics you want to talk about

To draw attention to himself and his politics, Kurz’s team already fed several national media this week with the issues it wanted to address in its “statement.” Consequently, there were few or no surprises regarding the issues discussed; You can read all the details about the speech here. With two exceptions.

1. Should be one “Pact against loneliness in old age” give. The confinement in spring showed that, although risk groups were protected, especially the elderly and the elderly, they also had to fight against loneliness and the associated psychological consequences. That is a good and correct suggestion. Perhaps we could expand it and make psychological help easier and more affordable for everyone in Austria than it is today.
2. During the pandemic, it briefly emerged that schools are not that advanced when it comes to digitization. Surprise #no. Because, first of all, this fact had been made clear to both parents and teachers and especially students for years. And secondly, it sits the ÖVP has been in government without interruption since the mid-1980sSo the design options would have been there for almost forty years. The fact that the Chancellor dares to address the grievance falls into the category of “brave.”

In short, and the topics you don’t want to talk about

However, much more important in order to classify Kurz’s appearance are the issues he did not address. And here also the two most important anomalies:

1. Climate crisis, anyone? No, nature does not heal. The coronavirus pandemic has displaced the impending climate catastrophe. And Kurz’s topic was never the climate crisis anyway. That is the task of the coalition partner “The Greens”. It is significant that the Chancellor did not speak of the fight against climate change in his speech, in which he dared to look to the future. In Austria, glaciers continue to melt, heavy rains, storms and floods increase year after year. It affects everyone in this country, but it is not a political necessity for this Chancellor. The future of young people in this country does not seem to interest him.
2. In an international comparison, Austria weathered the pandemic well. Oh huh. But the fact that many artists, young entrepreneurs, or even club and bar operators faced ruin was not a problem. That with the regulations in relation to Fight the pandemic numerous mistakes What happened … not a word of admission, not a word of apology, which at first was more likely to be played on the fear of the population than with ruling on the basis of facts.

So we see: Sebastian Kurz does not want to talk about the mistakes he has made. He also doesn’t want to put the climate crisis on his agenda. And that should really scare us.

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