Far-right parties often display excessive nationalism. This is precisely what is happening in Austriaa country belonging to the in which the party FPÖ (Austrian Freedom Party) has asked to turn off the tap on aid to Ukraine arguing that they have long since become a bottomless pit.
He FPÖ Secretary General Michael Schnedlitzhas expressed, in relation to , that “not a single euro more should flow. While local families have to watch every penny, older people struggle to buy food in social supermarkets and the healthcare system buckles under the pressure, “The Foreign Secretary is giving away our tax money to a country known for corruption like no other.”
In this sense, Schnedlitz has assured that “It is unacceptable that Austrians are being squeezed to finance a foreign system in which funds disappear through corrupt channels. “There is no interest in peace… and there is no place in the Government for politicians whose loyalty clearly lies more in kyiv than in Vienna!”
“The FPÖ says it clearly: the billions of the neutral Austrians belong to the Austriansand not to a warmongering president or a dubious network in Ukraine,” stressed Michael Schnedlitz.
Reaction to increased humanitarian aid to Ukraine
These harsh statements by the general secretary of the FPÖ have taken place after the Austrian Minister of Foreign and International Affairs Beate Meinl-Reisingerhas announced that his department is going to increase humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Specifically, Austria is going to increase its economic support to Ukraine by 3 million euros. The money will come from the Austrian Foreign Disaster Fund. One million euros will go to the International Red Cross (ICRC), UNICEF and UNHCR.
“Houses and apartments of needy people in Ukraine must be made habitable again in winter and assistance must be provided for the functioning of educational, health and social institutions,” Beate Meinl-Reisinger justified.
Besides, The minister has responded to criticism from the FPÖ through a publication on the social network X in which he wrote the following: “When did absolute brutality become a political concept? “In Ukraine, millions of people are currently without electricity or heat, with temperatures well below zero.”
