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Movements·austria_kern_spo_2016_2017

Kern SPOe-OeVP grand coalition 2016-2017

AUT·2016 – 2017·SPOe-OeVP (continued)
Leaders: Christian Kern (Chancellor, SPOe, 2016-2017) · Reinhold Mitterlehner (Vice-Chancellor, OeVP, until May 2017) · Sebastian Kurz (Foreign Minister / OeVP chair from May 2017)
positionsdevelopmentalismeco_socialistempirical_pragmatistmarket_socialistmarxianmarxist_leninistnew_keynesianpost_keynesiansocial_democraticdemocratic_socialistinstitutionalismaustrianchicago_monetarismclassical_liberalordoliberal

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Short-lived modernising SPOe leadership after Faymann's resignation. Economic school: Austrian social-democratic modernisation (OeBB-CEO background) — Plan A speech (Jan 2017) setting out investment, digitalisation and minimum-wage proposals. Signature achievements: Beschaeftigungsbonus (employment bonus subsidy July 2017), minimum wage EUR 1,500 negotiated 2017 via sectoral collective agreements, housing package. Kurz toppled Mitterlehner May 2017, triggering snap election October 2017 which OeVP-Kurz won. Left-right axis: centre-left. Dated policies: Plan A Jan 2017, Beschaeftigungsbonus July 2017. Popularity: personal approval high, SPOe electoral result Oct 2017 however was 26.9% (second). Coherence: low — coalition paralysed by Kurz manoeuvring against Kern.

Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes

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sectoral subsidy
fiscal.sectoral_subsidy
Targeted industrial and sectoral subsidies (renewable energy, chip manufacturing, agriculture, green hydrogen, etc).
increased · weak
expanded sectoral subsidies
Beschaeftigungsbonus wage-subsidy programme.
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transfer expansion
fiscal.transfer_expansion
Size of cash and near-cash transfer programmes (unemployment benefits, means-tested assistance, universal child benefits). Architecturally distinct from forced-saving schemes — see condition welfare_architecture.
increased · weak
larger transfer footprint
Minimum-wage and housing-package proposals.
↓
labour market flexibility
regulatory.labour_market_flexibility
Ease of hiring/firing, collective-bargaining scope, minimum wage rigidity, temporary/permanent contract regulation.
decreased · weak
less flexible (stronger employment protection)
Negotiated EUR 1,500 sectoral minimum wage tightened lower tier.

Policies enacted

Schools of thought aligned or opposed

aligned
developmentalism
derived: score=+0.96, overlap=3 axes vs developmentalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
eco_socialist
derived: score=+0.99, overlap=3 axes vs ecological profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
empirical_pragmatist
derived: score=+0.47, overlap=3 axes vs empirical_pragmatist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
market_socialist
derived: score=+0.81, overlap=3 axes vs market_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
marxian
derived: score=+1.00, overlap=2 axes vs marxian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
marxist_leninist
derived: score=+1.00, overlap=2 axes vs marxist_leninist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
new_keynesian
derived: score=+0.76, overlap=3 axes vs new_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
post_keynesian
derived: score=+1.00, overlap=3 axes vs post_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
social_democratic
derived: score=+0.95, overlap=3 axes vs social_democratic profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
democratic_socialist
derived: score=+0.38, overlap=3 axes vs democratic_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
institutionalism
derived: score=-0.28, overlap=3 axes vs institutionalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
austrian
derived: score=-1.00, overlap=3 axes vs austrian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
chicago_monetarism
derived: score=-0.99, overlap=3 axes vs chicago_monetarism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
classical_liberal
derived: score=-0.86, overlap=3 axes vs classical_liberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
ordoliberal
derived: score=-0.51, overlap=3 axes vs ordoliberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)

References