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The government quota in Austria was almost 55 percent in 2024, which means that the share of government spending in gross domestic product (GDP) was greater than that of private value creation. Austria is therefore at the top within the EU. Various business representatives and economists conclude that the poor performance of domestic industry in particular, but also of the economy, is due to the state demanding too much economic power. Social spending in particular would, so to speak, take too much money away from the manufacturing economy. This would eat up investments in the manufacturing economy.
