Current Tyrol figures

Welfare almost like in Vienna: “I understand the resentment”

4600 euros in social welfare for a large Syrian family in Vienna: this case is causing a stir beyond the borders of the federal capital. "Krone research showed that the standard rates in Tyrol are almost the same! The federal state only significantly increased its social welfare rates at the beginning of the year. The "Krone" has the details.

Those who work must not be the stupid ones: The ÖVP has been repeating this mantra like a prayer wheel since Sebastian Kurz became chancellor in 2017. The old common sense rule is not yet obsolete in 2024, it just sounds a little different: "Performance should be rewarded", as Tyrol's governor Anton Mattle (ÖVP) put it in June.

In plain language: there must be a clear difference between income from work and social benefits.