Mayor Michael Ludwig made it clear on Saturday at the state party conference of the Viennese SPÖ in the exhibition center that he wants to continue to follow the “Viennese way”. This applies both to pandemic management and to areas such as housing, education, inflation and transport, he said in his speech on Saturday morning. At the major red event, after two postponements due to Corona, he is standing for re-election from around 1,000 delegates.
“The pandemic is not over,” Ludwig began his speech – accordingly, the party congress also relied on the 2.5G rule and the obligation to wear masks away from the square. He defended the stricter corona measures in Vienna, including the obligation to wear a mask on public transport. “You don’t have to go to the disco, but the vast majority of people have to use public transport.” too little: It has to rustle.” The high inflation must be compensated. Employers could not come here with reference to a wage-price spiral. “The spiral does not turn because of high wages, but because of high prices.” In the field of education, Ludwig emphasized the non-contributory kindergarten and the non-contributory all-day school. He also announced the construction of a new central vocational school in the city on the Danube. In residential construction, a way will be found to create affordable living space despite rising property prices and construction costs – even with existing properties. For this purpose, the location surcharge for the benchmark rents should be brought before the Constitutional Court. Conflict issue LobauLudwig wants to keep the 365-euro annual ticket for Wiener Linien in the future – but new roads will also be needed, he addressed one of the main conflict issues. The mayor defended both the Lobau tunnel and the city road: projects such as the Danube crossing as a bridge over the Lobau were rejected – but with the tunnel running 60 meters under the Lobau, one can now say with a clear conscience that this will not be affected. The project would relieve the southeast tangent and the surrounding districts of traffic jams from this truck. The election result should be available around 3 p.m. Debates on motions expected There could be more intensive debates on motions. On the one hand, a number of changes to the statutes are being discussed. The road construction projects mentioned by Ludwig in the northeast of Vienna, i.e. the Lobau tunnel and the city street, which were canceled by the federal government, will probably also cause discussions. There will also be a demonstration on the subject on Saturday. The “Lobau Remains” initiative, together with numerous other groups, is calling for a large demo. However, a rally directly at the exhibition hall was prohibited.
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