Marterbauer budget is debated for the first time

The 2025/2026 double budget will be debated for the first time in the National Council on Wednesday. Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer's (SPÖ) draft budget proposes reducing the deficit from 4.7 to 4.5 percent of GDP this year. Next year, it is expected to reach 4.2 percent. This is to be achieved through tax measures, a significant reduction in subsidies, especially in the environmental sector, and fee increases, for example, for documents an…

In his eagerly awaited budget speech, finance minister Markus Marterbauer announced today "hard years". A total of 54 billion euros will be saved by 2029 or lucrative over additional revenues. What Salzburg's politicians say about this, we have summarized here for you.