Nehammer's savings plans

These subsidies cost Austria a lot

Climate Minister Leonore Gewessler in particular can point to a sharp increase in climate funding.

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/DIETMAR STIPLOVSEK APA, stock.adobe)

Chancellor Nehammer once again announced in the summer talks that he wanted to make savings on subsidies. During his time in office, spending on subsidies has risen significantly. To achieve the savings target of 4 billion euros, the expenditure of an entire ministry would have to be cut.

Money is more reliable than election promises. This is why Krone+ has analyzed the funding expenditure of the black-green government over the last five years. The clear winner: the climate ministry. With an increase in expenditure of almost 300 percent during the legislative period, Leonore Gewessler turned out to be a true cost empress. But what was actually funded? And to what end?