Knill’s pension idea in « ZiB 2 » – Diepresse.com
Because Georg Knill, President of the Industrial Association, was now a guest, he was asked not only about customs policy, but also about the budget.
Trump’s tariffs and the world market, in the middle of Austria and the industrial association: The President of the same, Georg Knill, was guests in « ZIB 2 » on Wednesday evening. And of course couldn’t say too much about how they Doubling the tariffs for steel and aluminum from 25 to 50 percent. Or other tariffs on all EU goods. The words « damage » and « fatal » fell, but the further development cannot be estimated.
In Austria there are of course completely different problems where Armin Wolf Knill’s view wanted to find out. Or disassemble, depending on. After all, was an EU deficit procedure for Austria is just announced. Knill had already criticized the double budget and said that it was far from sufficient. At the same time, as IV President, he called for investment funding and a reduction in non-wage costs. « How does that work out? » Wolf wanted to know. A more rhetorical question. Even if both « only gets out », both would be necessary, Knill said unmoved.
Wolf only saw his scarce answers in the event of necessary structural changes. He wanted specifics: How many communities would he like to abolish in Austria to get closer to the model of Denmark? Of course, Knill did not give a number, but wanted a federalism reform with a clearer distribution of competence. And how about Denmark as a role model in pension issues? Here the retirement age should slowly go up to 70 years. « Do we need that too? » Asked Wolf. And did not let Knill dodge. Until the « we can go towards 70 » articulated.
What the beginning of an exciting conversation could have been, but already marked the end of the interview. The question of which parties would support this should be unnecessary anyway. The words could fall « inhuman » and « fatal ». In this case, the further development of the age pyramid can be estimated in this case.
