The Viennese ÖVP boss Karl Mahrer no longer likes the fountain market in Ottakring. During a visit to the popular local supply district, he noticed the local merchants – apparently not in a particularly positive way. “Syrians, Afghans, Arabs have taken power over the fountain market,” Mahrer said angrily in a video about the origin of the entrepreneurs. The SPÖ located Vienna bashing and immediately demanded an apology from the Viennese.
“One cannot currently speak of an enriching cultural diversity on the Brunnenmarkt if Austrian culture no longer exists in Austria, in Vienna,” stated the Viennese ÖVP boss in a broadcast. For Mahrer, the market with its traditionally international range is a “symbol of failed integration”. In addition, the area in the direction of the belt has become a zone of uncertainty in which drug trafficking is a problem, he said. “Racism is not an opinion” SPÖ club boss Josef Taucher was shocked by the statements. “Racism is not an opinion. The racist verbal attacks are a frontal attack on working people in Vienna. That is shameful and unworthy of a politician,” said Taucher in a broadcast. The ÖVP is doing its daily Vienna bashing, Mahrer should apologize to the Viennese. “Our Viennese markets are the heartbeat of this city. They are important local suppliers and provide people with fresh, regional and healthy food. Vienna’s markets are places of encounter, diversity and exchange,” emphasized the SP politician. He located a diversionary maneuver on the part of the ÖVP, which was intended to distract from the “incompetence” of the ÖVP in the federal government. Taucher blamed the former black-blue federal government for the security situation, under which there had been a massive downsizing of the police force, as he explained ‘ against people who work there and would enrich the lives of the people in the district. She also expressed doubts via Twitter that the ÖVP Vienna understands something about economics. “Shabby, political maneuvers” The Viennese NEOS boss Christoph Wiederkehr finds Mahrer’s statements “not only wrong, they are racist”. On Twitter, Wiederkehr saw “a shabby political maneuver to denigrate people who have built something with us and contribute to the community in such a way. Unfortunately, the Viennese ÖVP can now hardly be distinguished from the FPÖ.”
source site-12