Transport minister advocates for end to flight tax
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Transport Minister Peter Hanke has proposed abolishing the aviation tax as part of an investment package intended to rescue the industry from its current slump. The plan includes an expansion of the ÖBB Holding board, proving that even a crisis in the air can be met with more management on the ground.
The federal People’s Party is finding that its provincial governors are increasingly interested in distance. Several regional leaders have begun publicly criticizing the national leadership, an emancipation that Christian Stocker insists does not yet constitute a leadership challenge.
Omar Haijawi-Pirchner has reported a rise in economic espionage, while ÖVP Secretary General Markus Gstöttner defends a citizenship policy based on descent. In a debate that recurs with the regularity of the seasons, Gstöttner maintains that being born in the country does not necessarily make one a citizen.