In town hall circles this is seen as a massive disempowerment of the militant city councilor, who, however, never succeeded in building a broad network within the SPÖ. The fact that she will also be able to deal with digitization and the smart city strategy in the future will hardly make up for the loss of her previous tasks. It is even rumored in town hall circles that her career as a city councilor could soon be over.
Where there are losers, there are winners. One of these is clearly the City Councilor for Finance Peter Hanke, which Ludwig expressly praised on Monday for the budget consolidation, which he had succeeded in shortly before the Corona crisis. Municipal utilities and thus also Wiener Linien are moving back to the finance department, where they were already located up to 2015.
Gaal becomes vice mayor
Housing councilors and city councilors for women are also being upgraded Kathrin Gaal, who in future – as reported – will also be Vice Mayor. Otherwise your department remains unchanged.
Likewise that of Peter Hacker (Social, health, sport). He can continue to manage the corona crisis. Ludwig told him on Monday that he should keep an eye on the “budgetary dynamics” in his area of responsibility. This probably means the extremely tense financial situation in Vienna’s hospitals for years.
Unchanged can also continue Veronica Kaup-Hasler take care of the areas of culture and science.
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