NEOS Present Posters for Burgenland Election

The NEOS want to "free Burgenland from the red network", as can be read on the posters for the Burgenland election. The top candidate of the Pink party, Christoph Schneider, is shown, with a second subject attributing him to be "One who has guts".

Burgenland Election: NEOS See Themselves as "Control Force"

The NEOS want to position themselves as a "control force" in the election campaign. Therefore, they want to go into opposition in the state parliament and not into government, emphasized Schneider. The goal is to break through the "system that the SPÖ has put us into in recent years", Schneider stated. He accused the ÖVP, FPÖ and Greens of having made themselves "comfortable and cozy in the network" because they want to co-govern as partners of the SPÖ. The state parliament lacks a referee who "penalizes fouls against the population". The NEOS want to take on this role: "We will whistle when our debts rise over our heads year after year and people and businesses move away from Burgenland", said the top candidate.

NEOS Top Candidate Wants to Significantly Reduce State Holding

Schneider criticized the state holding, which now comprises over 100 companies and is "non-transparent and anti-competitive". This needs to be significantly reduced. "At least half of the companies must be sold", demanded the top candidate, who also saw state governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) as responsible: "Doskozil should rather collect stamps instead of arbitrarily bankrupt companies." Schneider wants to support the startup scene as well as smaller groups in kindergartens and a "chance index", through which schools with particularly many children and young people in need of support receive more funds. At the same time, he wants to expand primary care centers and community nurses and strengthen associations.

(APA/red)

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