Where is the money?

Subsidies: Where the government is spending billions

The best of both worlds? Black-Green was and is happy to spend money - that much is certain.

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Andy Wenzel, stock.adobe.com)

Are tax cuts realistic? Hardly, say experts, because Austria spends too much money. Krone+ has analyzed the funding expenditure of the entire government period and shows where the black-green coalition spent the most money and in which ministry costs have risen the most in the past five years. First of all: a busy green ministry is at the forefront.

Every Austrian, from newborn to old age, received over 9,000 euros in funding from the federal government in 2023. Not you? Then perhaps it's worth taking a closer look at the transparency database. Krone+ has analyzed for you which subsidies the federal government has distributed, what all goes under the heading of subsidies, which expenses make up the largest chunks and how these payments have developed in the past government period. First of all: in 2023, over 82 billion euros in funding was distributed, and in one department, spending has exploded particularly sharply.