100,000 Trees, 35,000 Apartments: Green Program for Vienna Election is Here
The Greens presented their program for the Vienna election on April 27 on Monday. Many of the points and demands contained within have already been presented in recent weeks. Now the central key points have been collected and published in a printed work comprising more than 100 pages. The Greens advocate, for example, the planting of 100,000 trees and the construction of 35,000 apartments. The fight against extremism should also be intensified, it is demanded.
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It is hoped that the program will also motivate swing voters to cast their vote for the Greens this time, it was said at the presentation by party leaders Judith Pühringer and Peter Kraus. Red-Pink has left a mess, for example in the education sector, they complained. "The city government lacks the courage for big ideas and projects," Pühringer stated.
Program with Health, Climate, Culture
The program addresses a variety of areas, not only education, but also topics such as health, environmental protection, climate, culture, or social issues. For example, the demand for nearly 100,000 new trees for Vienna by 2030 was highlighted today. The number is based on the idea that a tree should be planted for every child born in Vienna - around 18,000 per year.
Once again, the unsealing measures in Paris were cited as a model. The current Vienna city government is far too timid in redesigns here, it was criticized. Two trees and a mist shower do not make a place climate-ready.
35,000 Apartments After Vienna Election
In the coming five years, during the upcoming legislative period, 35,000 apartments are also to be built. To finance this, housing subsidies should be earmarked again. Currently, the subsidy only fills the budget gap in Vienna. Affordable housing is to be constructed, it is emphasized.
The Greens also support a weapons ban in public spaces. Violence should have no place in Vienna, it was emphasized. It does not matter whether it involves neo-Nazis or Islamist hate preachers. Kraus also referred to the recent right-wing radical attacks on homosexual men. The Green leader also explicitly thanked the police for the recent investigations related to the right-wing extremist network.
Criticism of Planned Event Hall
The budget for the Green demands is to be raised, among other things, by refraining from spending in other areas. The criticism of the planned event hall, expressed last week in the municipal council, was reaffirmed today. The payments from the city - the operator is to receive more than 150 million euros - are particularly troubling to the Greens.
(APA/Red)
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