The debate was kicked off by the SPÖ, a number of Greens like Werner Kogler and Rudi Anschober want it too: an increase in unemployment benefits in the face of record unemployment. Now the first prominent ÖVPler jumps on the train.
Upper Austria’s governor and ÖVP regional head Thomas Stilt speaks in the Upper Austrian news for an increase in unemployment benefits. “I am in favor of one-off payments or a temporary increase in unemployment benefits,” said the current chairman of the state governors’ conference.
In order to master the economic aspect of the corona crisis, a “complete package” is needed Stilt. But you also have to do everything “so that emergencies of companies and workers can be bridged quickly. I am very much in favor of the short-time working model and hope that it will be extended. But the cut is so massive that we also have to consider measures which Mitigate crash into unemployment “.
Therefore, he is for one-off payments or a temporary increase in unemployment benefits. “In addition, we will also need tax cuts,” said the ÖVP state party chairman.
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