The Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister of Austria, Michael Spindelegger resigned today after eight months in office due to differences in the People’s Party on the implementation of the tax reform.
“There must be unity in a party. If this unit does not already exist then it is time to move the rudder to another “said Michael Spindelegger press conference, which will also leave his post as leader of the OVP.
Spindelegger explained that there were also disagreements about the reform with the social democratic partners in the coalition government, but were internal criticism that led him to resign.
Until now Finance Minister Spindelegger proved against reform towards the tax relief because, he argued, the high level of state debt even accusing members of their own party that they are defending “a measure populist “.
The tax reform would only be possible with new taxes or more debt in the future, argued, adding that “the honesty with people is very important.”
Spindelegger was Minister of Finance since December 2013, having previously held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2008 and 2013
Since 2011 OVP led the Conservative Party and was also vice Chancellor of a coalition government between the popular and the Social Democrats.
The Austrian Social Democrat Werner Fayman, Merkel said she was informed of the decision Spindelegger shortly before the announcement of the resignation.
conservative leaders criticized Spindelegger not want to apply for low taxes to boost consumption can cause a further stimulus to the economy, one of the election promises of the OVP in 2013 elections
According to official statistics, the Austrian public debt at the end of 2013 amounted to 74.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Austria has five percent unemployment, one of the lowest rates in Europe, according to Eurostat, the EU statistics agency.
* This article was written under the new orthographic agreement applied by the agency Lusa
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