In Deutsch-Wagram:

Dispute over election info instead of money for vacation childcare

"Canceling vacation childcare due to a lack of money but still spending money on a disguised election advertising letter is bordering on audacity!" The SPÖ in Deutsch-Wagram sees hidden advertising messages in an information mailing from the mayor, who denies this and passes the buck back to the red top candidate.

There were 4500 households that received election information from the mayor of Deutsch-Wagram. "That's money wasted," says Harald Nikitscher angrily, "because the information is in the official mailing anyway," says the SPÖ top candidate. "Instead, however, vacation care was canceled after the budget resolution for 2025 did not go through."

"I can't decide that without a budget resolution"
Counter from ÖVP leader Ulrike Mühl-Hittinger "That is precisely the problem: if the other parties had agreed to the budget - and only one vote from the SPÖ, for example, would have been enough - and I could release money for the project. But it wouldn't be legal this way, as I'm not allowed to provide funds for volunteer projects such as vacation care." Nikischer is also annoyed by the passage "We have achieved a lot" in the press release. For him, this is pure election advertising. "What was meant, of course, was hard-working municipal employees," says the city manager.