First retreat begins

Styrian government: the honeymoon is over

The state government meets today for its first closed meeting.(Bild: Christian Jauschowetz)

Harmonious and friendly: this is how the new blue-black state government has presented itself since its inauguration shortly before Christmas. January was full of feel-good appointments, now it's time to get down to business. Expectations are high ahead of the first government meeting. 

It's getting serious for the new Styrian state government: today and tomorrow it will retire to Seggau Castle in southern Styria for its first retreat, and tomorrow at midday, Governor Mario Kunasek (FPÖ) and his deputy Manuela Khom (ÖVP) want to present their results. Some "lighthouses" are already known: The end of the "fine dust 100" on the highways around Graz, a partial ban on cell phones in schools, stricter rules on begging.