Comparison with Austria

Expensive city council: “Staff are killing Klagenfurt”

A fuss in and around Klagenfurt town hall: the council is too expensive.(Bild: Evelyn Hronek)

Klagenfurt is running out of money: "The high personnel costs are killing the provincial capital," Neos regional leader Janos Juvan is certain. Vienna and Graz are role models.

According to the 2024 cost estimate, personnel would account for 36 percent of the total costs of 380 million euros, and in 2025 it would even be 39 percent. Juvan compares the costs of the provincial capitals in Austria (see chart): "Klagenfurt clearly spends the most money on personnel. This paralyzes the budget."