Dramatic figures

Cash crash: Styrian budget deficit doubled!

What is the real state of the white-green budget? The "Krone" knows the figures.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/stock.adobe.com)

Even before the official negotiations had begun, the blue-black coalition negotiators carried out a white-green budget audit: This budget audit revealed dramatic figures: the Styrian budget deficit is twice as high as assumed. The "Krone" knows the figures.

There is a huge budget gap in Vienna and it is getting bigger by the day: the financial drama is the main topic in the federal government negotiations. Before Mario Kunasek entered into coalition talks with the Styrian Black Party at the beginning of December, a cash crash was needed. On the very first day of the meetings at Graz Airport, Peter Ebner, long-time head of the provincial finance department, put the budget figures on the table. "The discussions were highly professional," he recalls. Now we know where the journey is heading.