Van der Bellen in New Year's Address: Call for More Dialog and Confidence

PeopleOther ♦ Published: January 1, 2024; 23:40 ♦ (Vindobona)

In his New Year's address, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen called on Austrians and all those living in Austria for more confidence and constructive dialog.

Alexander Van der Bellen calls for people to talk "more with each other" and "less about each other". / Picture: © Österreichische Präsidentschaftskanzlei / Peter Lechner/HBF

Austria's President Van der Bellen emphasized the need to talk "more with each other and less about each other" to gain new insights and improve coexistence. Van der Bellen criticized the tendency to only exchange ideas with like-minded people and pointed out that this is harmful to society in the long term.