Austrian solution

As Austrian solution in is Austria , the supposed solution to a problem called, mostly in a compromise exists, should make all parties happy, but often has the opposite effect. It is a catchphrase that is used extensively in the Austrian media, mostly with a negative connotation . Austrian solutions are mainly used in politics and administration. An example of an Austrian solution is the only partially implemented non-smoking protection in Austria, which is valid until the end of October 2019 . The Austrian solution is part of the real constitution .

Early examples

“The Viennese hospital question has been resolved: You are unable to build new hospitals, but you are about to spoil the hospitals you have. A real Austrian solution! "

- Arbeiter Zeitung of July 3, 1904

“So it will be a net solution for a year and next year the woes will start again! That's what you call a real Austrian solution! "

- Arbeiter Zeitung of February 9, 1911

“Yes, even the revolution was made very decent [in contrast to the more turbulent German November Revolution ] and so, even after the elections, the red [Social Democrats] and black [Christian Social] leaders got together to properly distribute the positions at the crib. / As in a crazy dope, we play on division and the audience just has to pay the entrance fee / That is also taken care of very decently. / Renner [Social Democrat, State Chancellor] and Weiskirchner [Christian Socialist, Mayor of Vienna] as partners - a truly Austrian solution. "We will need a judge". / No wonder if other countries don't care about us at all. It doesn't even know us. "

- Viennese caricatures of March 10, 1919

“It is a genuinely Austrian solution - so genuinely Austrian that it could have been predicted. Can the Remarque film be played? Well - oh, my Austria! -, from five to seven o'clock yes, but not after seven o'clock! "

- Arbeiter Zeitung from January 9, 1931

“In reality, according to the statute of the National Bank, such financial or mobilization changes should be excluded from the lending at all. The increase in the escalation fee to gloss over such bill lending is a real Austrian solution: one commits a violation, but charges a higher fee for it ... "

- Arbeiter Zeitung of March 20, 1932

See also

• Trained Austrian

Web links

• diepresse.com - "The typically Austrian solution"
• meinviertel.at - "Off for Austrian solution"
• wienerzeitung.at - "An Austrian solution"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ derstandard.at - "Kdolsky: Good Austrian Solution"
2. ^ The eyesore of Vienna. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , July 3, 1904, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ The Italian Law Faculty. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , February 9, 1911, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ World stage. In:  Wiener Caricaturen , March 10, 1919, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
5. ↑ More than a movie !. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , January 9, 1931, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
6. ^ Economy and trade union - Kienböck's escalation fee. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , March 20, 1932, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).