Federation of Austrian Industries Urges for Reforms

CommentOpinion ♦ Published: October 12, 2013; 13:49 ♦ (Vindobona)

IV (Federation of Austrian Industries) has high hopes. The next Austrian government has to implement a number of reforms, IV´s President Georg Kapsch says.

Federation of Austrian Industries Urges for Reforms / Picture: © IV / Markus Prantl

According to Kapsch, the reform pressure in Austria is enormous. As a result, IV has addressed a long list of claims to the next government. Among IV´s reform wishes, there are not only well-known proposals.

Above all, IV underlines the necessity of reducing the public debt level. Moreover, the Austrian industrial sector urgently needs a tax reform. In the next years, the tax…