Austria continues to remain in the center of attention at the moment, and this is because of Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who is under strong attack due to the decisions taken after the veto on blocking Romania's accession to Schengen, the visit he made to Bulgaria in January being considered too expensive and completely useless.
Austria is talking intensely about the fact that Karl Nehammer spent 22.000 euros on a one-day visit to Bulgaria, traveling on a private plane while Interior Minister Karner flew on an airliner, and even the day before the party or to lose the elections in Lower Austria, and now he is criticized intensely because of his decisions.
Austria does not only have this scandal in the center of attention at the moment, and this is because the recent announcement regarding the registration of almost 7.000 asylum applications in the first months of 2023 was not exactly seen as good news, although in February the number of applications dropped steeply, so Karl Nehammer has many decisions to make.
"It was a trip that attracted a lot of attention. When Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner flew to Bulgaria for a day to shake hands with border guards, reach the Turkish border in a military helicopter and inspect the fence at the EU's external border, it was no ordinary January 23 .
It was January 23 before the elections in Lower Austria. Traveling to Bulgaria was quite expensive for a day trip. 6.950 asylum applications in the first two months are not a success story either. A fundamental paradigm shift in asylum policy is needed."
