Fewer expulsions

Action against juvenile delinquency shows effect

Mayor Klaus Schneeberger with ÖVP Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner at the "Krone" local inspection at Wiener Neustädter Bahnhof.(Bild: Doris_SEEBACHER)

There have been a total of 31 priority actions in Wiener Neustadt since the youth crime task force was introduced in March. The protection zones have been increasingly monitored - with the result that the number of bans on entering the zones has fallen by almost half.

Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) once again traveled to Wiener Neustadt in person to express the importance of combating youth crime locally. 

"The police will continue to consistently clean up where necessary," said Karner. ÖVP Mayor Klaus Schneeberger rejects the idea of a guardroom at the station, as the SPÖ has long been calling for: "It's the local police officers who take criminals out of circulation!" he says.

Deputy Mayor Rainer Spenger: "Embarrassing show politics"

There is criticism from the SPÖ. "This show politics is really embarrassing. Standing up once again around two months before the local council elections, playing the strong man and trying to sound important is completely unbelievable. All that was missing was the Eurofighters flying over Wiener Neustadt," says SPÖ Deputy Mayor Rainer Spenger. For him, a guardroom at the train station remains a top priority. "We won't let up and will keep working on this issue in particular - in the interests of the people who move around there every day. And in the interests of Wiener Neustadt," says Spenger.

Alongside Esperanto Park and Stadtpark, the train station in Wiener Neustadt is the third protection zone.(Bild: Doris SEEBACHER)

Gerhard Karner in conversation with police officers on duty at Wiener Neustadt railroad station.(Bild: Doris_SEEBACHER)

Turkish supermarket forced to close

But juvenile delinquency was not the only issue in Wiener Neustadt these days. On Monday, a Turkish supermarket in Pottendorfer Straße was closed down by the authorities because it had neither an operating permit nor a business license. "The operator has until December 20 to vacate the market properly", according to the town hall.