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Burgenland District in Political Blind Flight – Between the Search for Solutions, Evasion of Responsibility, and HelplessnessThere are political speeches that sound like a lukewarm comfort pillow: soft, friendly, but utterly incapable of reflecting reality in even the slightest way. The remarks made by District Administrator Götz Ulrich (CDU) at the district council meeting on December 8, 2025, undoubtedly fall into this category. While the district groans under massive structural, financial, and social burdens, the district administrator tries to gloss over the real problems with polite generalities and appeals to an alleged “solution-oriented approach.” He explains that one should “not look for those to blame.” A sentence that sounds as if taken from a self-help guide on personal development. Unfortunately, this isn’t about mindfulness training but about a district whose budget shows a deficit of over 100 million euros. A district that has long been feeling the brutal consequences of misguided federal policy decisions — deindustrialization, exploding healthcare and social costs, particularly regarding the accommodation and support of Ukrainian refugees. Not look for those to blame? Why not – if they clearly exist?Of course, the district administrator is not responsible for geopolitical conflicts, federal laws, or ill-conceived funding programs. But when a district leader philosophizes endlessly about “challenges” and “joint solutions” while meticulously avoiding naming names, it appears less like statesmanlike composure and more like political conflict avoidance on principle. The problems originate at higher levels — and in the Burgenland District, they arrive in full force. It would be the district administrator’s job to state that clearly. Yet Ulrich’s political compass seems to function in a curiously selective manner. This becomes all too evident in his Facebook statement from December 11, 2025. Here, in front of the “Elsteraue” secondary school in Reuden, he suddenly displays an astonishing sense of responsibility. Suddenly everything is crystal clear: toilets demolished! Urinals ripped out! Property damage! And before the district invests the planned 1.3 million euros, it must be determined very precisely who is to blame. Aha – when it comes to vandalism by students, then looking for those responsible is perfectly acceptable.It is remarkable with what diligence the district administrator suddenly wants to identify culprits, only days after preaching the mantra of “blamelessness” in the district council. In the school context, assigning responsibility is apparently politically unproblematic. When it comes to budgetary disaster, industrial decline, and exploding social expenditures, however, it becomes taboo. On top of that, the district administrator indignantly appears in front of the camera but doesn’t utter a single word about how such devastation was even possible under the eyes of allegedly functioning school supervision — or whether potential failures by teachers and the school administration also need to be investigated. This does not look like consistent leadership, but like political opportunism: showing toughness where it’s convenient — remaining silent where it would be inconvenient. But in this mixture of demonstrative severity and precautionary muteness, only one thing becomes visible: the helplessness of the district administrator. Naturally, it is right not to simply tolerate acts of vandalism by students. But anyone who has witnessed how the same administration knowingly slides into financial disaster while the district administrator publicly raises his hands and declares that they seek “solutions instead of culprits” cannot help but wonder whether this district has a political perception problem. Perhaps it is time for the district administrator to direct the same determination with which he laments ripped-out urinals toward the structural causes of the financial catastrophe. Perhaps it is time for him to name problems not only where they can conveniently be shifted onto young people but also where they are tied to political responsibility — even when that responsibility lies at the state or federal level. Perhaps it is time for a district administrator to realize: those who do not look for culprits often find no solutions. But as long as the Burgenland District continues to be governed with political soothing rhetoric instead of clear analysis, one decisive question remains: How much reality can district politics tolerate — and for how much longer? Author: AI-Translation - АИИ | |
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