- Title: 314 AT Kurz on EU Budget
- Date: 27th May 2020
- Description:Austrian chancellor Kurz sees EC proposal as starting point for negotiations Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz sees the the European Commission's plan to issue 750 billion euros in grants and loans to help EU countries recover from their coronavirus as the starting point for negotiations. He wants to negotiate the ratio between grants and loans and also the whole volume. He also pointed out the Austria has synchronized with Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark. Shotlist - SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor: "First of all, we think it is good that there is a proposal by the European Commission. That is on the table and will be the basis for negotiations. The favorable point is that these payments are limited in time, but it needs to be specified and written down, that this is not the beginning of a common debt union. What still needs to be negotiated is the amount, the whole volume and the ratio between grants and loans." - SOUNDBITE (German) Reporter: "The plan is 500 billion euros now for grants, you were opposing this. Will you agree to this?" - SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor: "It is obvious that the Southern European countries, who benefit the most, would ask for as many as possible, Eastern European countries have an interest that not all the money goes to the south, and also there are countries who pay this all, The Netherlands, the Swedes, the Danish, and we. For us it is important that there are negotiations about the ratio between grants and loan. Once more, now we have a proposal on the table, at this is the starting point for negotiations." - SOUNDBITE (German) Reporter: Does this mean, if this will come as it is now, you will not agree to this? - SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor: "We are well coordinated with Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. We are four countries carrying the main burden as a net payer, and therefore we see a negotiations process necessarily ahead of us, but we hope that in the end, there will be a compromise and a solution."
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:27/05/2020
- Decade: 2020s