In the ranks of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), which currently governs with the Greens, more and more people are saying that the sanctions policy against Russia should be reconsidered, because according to the signs, it harms the people of Europe more than the Russians, reports the international news agency V4NA.

The effectiveness of the sanctions against Russia should be constantly examined, stated Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) governor of Upper Austria in an interview. According to the politician, Austria is already in a difficult situation, so it is obvious that

SANCTIONS MUST BE RETHINKED.

Stelzer stated that he supports punitive measures, but sometimes their effects must be taken into account.

We were elected locally and appointed to the tasks to take care of our population

the governor pointed out. In Austria, the government coalition of the ÖVP and the Greens is also called the black-green coalition. Earlier, the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), a right-wing opposition party, also sharply criticized the flawed sanctions policy, and reacted to the ÖVP governor's words as follows:

The ÖVP is starting to grumble about the Russian sanctions. The fear that there will be an energy shortage in the fall is too deep among blacks, and no one knows or wants to explain to the population that the black-green coalition itself can do this.

According to Axel Kassegger, the party's foreign policy expert, despite this, Chancellor Karl Nehammer does nothing, and "a government that does not think primarily of Austria and its citizens is worthless", he added, and then noted that the government's inaction is its own country acts against.

"It was immediately clear to us that we can only shoot ourselves in the foot with these sanctions packages.

WHAT THIS EU-RELATED ÖVP DOES TOGETHER WITH THE GREEN PARTY WAR INCITTERS IS SIMPLY HORRIBLE!

What the ÖVP and the Greens will achieve is that we will slide into crazy inflation and the energy resources needed for heating will run out," he detailed his position.

At the same time, Kassegger pointed out in the statement that Karl Nehammer is not actually the real leader in Austria, and believes that the country is going nowhere with the current government.

"It is time to put an end to this more than sad and state-damaging spectacle with new elections. A government that is only at 35 percent in the polls is plunging an entire country into atrocious chaos and people into poverty and despair - no thanks!” - emphasized the right-wing politician.

RECENTLY THE FPÖ DEMANDED TO STOP TRANSIT FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IN AUSTRIA.

Since the beginning of the year, 443 military shipments have passed through Austria, most of which originated from a NATO country and contained military equipment used in Ukraine, including heavy weapons and ammunition. According to Walter Rosenkranz

the fact that Austria becomes a military logistics center for the belligerents greatly damages our eternal neutrality and ultimately leads to our neutrality being no longer respected and accepted internationally.

"All this also entails a security risk, which Austria is exposed to due to the opportunistic behavior of the federal government and the federal president. This is a development that cannot be accepted considering our constitutional provisions and the eternal neutrality stipulated in it," said Rosenkranz, who said that the Austrian government is clearly siding with one of the parties in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, even though the country should remain neutral from this point of view.

Source: Origo

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