Ideas for cuts

“Flab must go”: Where savings could be made in the country

There is plenty of potential for savings, claims the Tyrolean opposition.

(Bild: Christof Birbaumer/Kronen Zeitung)

Too little revenue, too much expenditure: The "Krone" asked where the Tyrolean state budget has "flab" - and what the parties in the state parliament have done or would do about it.

The black-red Tyrolean state government wants to spend six billion euros next year, but will only take in 5.7 billion. The bottom line is that net new borrowing of 147.6 million euros will be necessary. The debt level will therefore rise from 1.175 to 1.323 billion euros, which is a whopping 1704 euros per Tyrolean.