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Quote: The planned change in legislation announced by the governing coalition of conservatives and Greens is aimed at toughening Austria's rules to bring them

• spurgu 4y ago
  > coalition of conservatives and Greens Sounds like an interesting combo.
  • version_five 4y ago
    It shouldn't have to be so strange. While I don't know anything about Austria in particular, both fiscal conservatism and conservation have a lot in common, and there is a small government, efficiency focused version of a green philosophy. In practice, both parties end up generally diverging along ideological lines.
  • prennert 4y ago
    Has been happening on state level in Germany for some time [0], even in highly industrial states. Think of it of conserving via green means. Establish and support industries of the future, protect the environment, but remain fiscally responsible. Especially in Germany conservatives are very linked to the Church which also has been traditionally very strong in environmentalism. Particularly in the East where much dissent against the socialist regime evolved in church groups, partially through concerns about the massive pollution by (amongst others) coal plants. [0] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarz-gr%C3%BCne_Koalition?wprov=sfla1 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarz-gr%C3%BCne_Koalition?w...
  • rdtwo 4y ago
    They both want to tell you how to live your life and curb freedoms seems like a good match