Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer delivers his speech during a session of the Parliament in Vienna, Austria, May 12, 2023.
REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File PhotoVIENNA, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Austria's conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer wants the right to use cash enshrined in the constitution, he told Austrian media in remarks published on Friday, an idea the far-right Freedom Party has been pushing for years.
Most opinion polls show the anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO) in first place with a clear lead over the opposition Social Democrats and Nehammer's conservatives, who are in a two-party coalition with the left-wing Greens.
"The issue of cash is very important to people," Nehammer told Austrian media, including news agency APA.
"It is important to me that cash be written into the constitution," APA quoted him as saying.
Persons:
Karl Nehammer, Leonhard Foeger, Nehammer, Magnus Brunner, Herbert Kickl, Francois Murphy, Christina Fincher
Organizations:
REUTERS, Austrian, Party, Social Democrats, Greens, APA, Thomson
Locations:
Vienna, Austria