Leitl Recommends Parties Not to Raise Hopes

More+Comment ♦ Published: September 17, 2013; 12:51 ♦ (Vindobona)

President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Christoph Leitl considers the demand of the Social Democrats and Chancellor Werner Faymann for a tax relief as soon as 2015 utopian.

Leitl Recommends Parties Not to Raise Hopes / Picture: © Wirtschaftsbund / Christoph Leitl

“I would strongly recommend not to raise hopes and expectations that cannot be fulfilled,” he said on the sidelines of a dialogue of the social partners. According to the President of the Austrian Chamber a drop in incidental wage costs is the only thing feasible in the near future.

Leitl does not reject the suggestion by the Social Democrats (SPÖ) to lower the high base…