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A call for a farmers’ demonstration in Vienna on Friday is circulating on social media. The Farmers’ Association therefore sharply criticizes the FPÖ.
Will farmers’ protests similar to those in Germany also take place in Austria? If the FPÖ has its way, then yes. A call for a farmers’ demonstration at Ballhausplatz in Vienna has been circulating on the Internet for days. You are invited to a “trip to Vienna”, which is scheduled to take place on Friday. The “Austrian farmers” are cited as the initiators.
The farmers’ association has now identified the FPÖ behind it. A broadcast warns that the Freedom Party wants to exploit farmers for their party purposes. “We clearly distance ourselves from this call. “In Austria there is a big difference to neighboring Germany, where there are currently protests: In Austria, farmers are represented in the federal government. “This underlines the importance that the People’s Party attaches to the supply of good, local food,” says the broadcast. They do not want anger and fears to be stirred up. And the FPÖ is invited to constructive discussions to address the farmers’ concerns to discuss.
➤ Read more here: Farmer protests in Germany: Why farmers are angry
Participation on the AfD side
This offer is unlikely to fall on fertile ground. On the contrary. The FPÖ was the constitutional spokesperson Susanne Fürst and agricultural spokesperson Peter Schmiedlechner represented at the farmers’ demonstrations. You are there “on the side of numerous AfD politicians around the federal spokeswoman and parliamentary group leader Alice Weidel” marched in solidarity for the farmers’ concerns, one reads in a broadcast from the FPÖ parliamentary club. At the same time, Schmielechner points out that a similar situation prevails in Austria. Schmielechner: “The farmers are being played against the wall by the governments, requirements and guidelines are becoming more and more numerous .”
Susanne Fürst: On the side of the AfD at the farmers’ demonstrations in Berlin.
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The ÖVP Farmers’ Association counters: “For example, in contrast to Germany, the national agricultural budget was significantly increased, an EU-wide unique “stimulus program for agriculture” worth 360 million euros was launched and supported with the electricity cost subsidy and the electricity cost brake . Even at the EU level, Austria’s agricultural policy is characterized by a strong commitment to sustainable agriculture that produces food, raw materials and energy.”
How this political match ends will also be determined by how many people take part in the demo in Vienna.
2024-01-18 11:41:40
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