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Wise old men step down
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen With the deaths of Hannes Androsch, Josef Taus and Claus Raidl, three personalities who shaped Austria politically and economically for decades have passed away these days. The Social Democrat and industrial magnate Androsch, the pronounced Christian Socialist and top manager Taus and the highly competent industrialist Raidl stood for the political and economic elites that supported the Second Republic.
They were preceded by Alois Mock, Erhard Busek and, on the Liberal side, Harald Ofner, Rainer Pavkovicz and Jörg Haider. With Franz Vranitzky, Wolfgang Schlüssel and Norbert Steger, representatives of this generation are still with us.
ON THE ONE HAND, you could shrug your shoulders and say that this is just the way of things: the old generation leaves and new generations come in.
On the OTHER hand, it must unfortunately be said that the generation of politicians representing the republic today can hardly keep up with the previous generation in terms of stature. Just compare Andreas Babler with Hannes Androsch or Franz Vranitzky. And a Karl Nehammer with Erhart Busek or Wolfgang Schüssel.
"White old men" are known to be the enemy of the politically correct zeitgeist. They are responsible for all the misfortune in the world. In the generation of politicians now retiring, however, there were still WISE old men, personalities to whom Austria owes a great deal.
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