KPÖ-Major in Graz
I would like to draw your attention to a phenomen we have here in Austria. Graz is the main capital of Styria, one of Austrias 9 federal countries. Mrs Kahr was elected in 2021 when her party, the KPÖ won the Gemeinderatswahlen.
She won because this party acts obviously as a real social policy. A friend who was for a while living in Graz told me: When he had no money to pay his rent for his appartement and already was on the edge of being dislocated the person of this party who is responsible for social things told him to bring his deposit slips. which he did. He was got payed two months.
They also seem to have a fonds where they renovate houses that belong to the community (Gemeinde), building in bathrooms etc. whithout coasts for the tenants.
She is a clever woman, one can see it This is an interview on Austrians state tv. Sorry but is in German.
She - and the whole movement around her - reminds me of that president of Uruguay, José Mujica. Following is cited from an article of Austrians left newspaper Standard: "José Mujica, known as Pepe, the president of Uruguay, forgoes 90 percent of his salary and settles for 800 euros. The 78-year-old ex-guerrillero lives on a smallholding and doesn't mince words."
The members of that Party do something similar. They take not all the money that they earn by her job as politicians but give the money in a fonds to support social weak persons, i.e..
And in opposite to all the other parties they have an eye on their own members that they do not cash money in her political jobs and not use political jobs for private richness.
I dont know what their aims are but insofar it is interesting that there are humans in politics that act differently and responsible.
