Union parliamentary group leader Thorsten Frei demands more fairness in the allocation of specialist appointments, as privately and legally insured patients have to wait different lengths of time for appointments, and calls on Health Minister Carsten Linnemann to present corresponding proposals. #Gesundheitsversorgung #Wartezeiten #Gerechtigkeit (translated)
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) and the Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD), who resigned on Monday, had announced at the time that they would fully implement the proposals. #RenteMit63 #Arbeitsmarkt #Deutschland (translated)
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) and the Minister of Labor Bärbel Bas (SPD), who resigned on Monday, announced at that time that they would fully implement the proposals. #Rentenreform #RenteMit63 #Alterssicherung (translated)
Labor Minister Alexander Schweitzer demands a compromise on the pension reform with 63, as the pension commission has submitted proposals to abolish the pension without deductions after 45 contribution years, which is met with resistance from the SPD and among other politicians. #Rentenreform #RenteMit63 #Alterssicherung (translated)
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has reportedly pledged at the summit, according to diplomats, to possibly present concrete proposals for the instrument as early as the beginning of December. #EuropäischeUnion #Handelskonflikt #China (translated)
Artificial intelligence wrote that proposals for further tax increases are being presented increasingly unabated. The citizens would become subjects of a state-controlled "colonial territory," whose value creation is skimmed off to finance elite projects, while nothing remains in the country and poverty prevails. https://t.co/AYIQtblam5 #Steuererhöhung #SozialeGerechtigkeit #Armut (translated)
"We need to significantly reduce the common budget compared to the proposals of the Commission." The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) described the proposals of the EU Commission on Thursday as financially untenable for the member states. #EUBudget #Frugale #Kohäsion (translated)
"The proposals for strengthening the Constitutional Court should therefore be taken seriously," says Duzdar. #VfGH #Rechtsstaat #Verfassungsreform (translated)
The federal government has set up a commission to develop proposals for the reform of long-term care insurance. #Pflegeversicherung #Reform #Gesundheit (translated)
The university budget negotiations have entered a critical phase, with an agreement on funding as well as proposals for the introduction of part-time studies and changes to the fixed-term contract regulation being sought. #UniBudget #Wissenschaft #Teilzeitstudium (translated)
The budget negotiations for Austrian universities have entered a crucial phase in which, in addition to financial resources, proposals for part-time studies and changes to the fixed-term regulations are being discussed. #UniBudget #Wissenschaft #Bildung (translated)
Social Minister Korinna Schumann rejects the proposals for the introduction of new co-payments in social insurance and emphasizes that rising health costs should not lead to higher payments for sick individuals. #Sozialversicherung #Gesundheitssystem #Krankheit (translated)
The Greens have submitted an urgent motion in the National Council for free medical visits to protest against the savings proposed by business representatives in the healthcare system, such as tiered deductibles and the elimination of reimbursement for visits to private doctors, while Social Minister Korinna Schumann and other parties strictly reject these proposals. #Sozialversicherung #Gesundheitssystem #Selbstbehalte (translated)
The federal government has appointed a 13-member care commission that is to develop proposals for a comprehensive care reform by the end of January 2027, which could come into effect on July 1, 2027. #Pflegereform #Pflegeversicherung #Gesundheitspolitik (translated)
The ÖVP has rejected the NEOS proposals for performance-based salaries for politicians. (translated)
The ÖVP plans, similar to the FPÖ, a ban on political Islam in Austria, which leads to tensions over the exact implementation and the formulation of such a law, while the FPÖ presents more concrete proposals and demands the dissolution of the Islamic Religious Community in Austria. #PolitischerIslam #FPÖ #ÖVP (translated)
"In this ministry lies the pension reform, in this ministry lies the reform of the labor market, all legislative proposals that we agreed upon on July 1 regarding these topics. The reform of the pension insurance – we received the proposals on June 22. Today is October 13." Chancellor Merz, however, remained unfazed by all of this during his appearance at the Federal Association of Employers and instead summed it up soberly: #KanzlerMerz #SPDVorwürfe #Rentenreform (translated)
Schweitzer already called for changes in September and criticized that the proposals of a "professorial commission" suggested that people would receive less of what they had previously worked for. #Rentenreform #Minijobs #Altersteilzeit (translated)
The pension reform is under pressure due to three contentious issues - the pension without deductions after 45 contribution years, the inclusion of mini-jobs in the pension insurance, and the increase of the age limit for partial retirement - while the new Minister of Labor, Alexander Schweitzer, is called upon to advance the controversial proposals. #Rentenreform #Minijobs #Altersteilzeit (translated)
Despite ambitious climate goals and proposals to promote environmentally friendly modes of transport, road traffic in Austria is steadily increasing, as recent statistics show. #Verkehr #Klimaziele #Österreich (translated)
