I can somewhat confirm your first statement.

I began my Master’s study a few years ago and had to retake a course since I’ve switched to another university and they claimed that my Bachelor’s study wasn’t equal to theirs. A female friend of mine did the exact same and had exactly the same education as me. The dean of our new study wrote her personally and said that he will make sure that she doesn’t have to retake any courses if she starts studying here. I’m still kinda pissed about that tbh.

Don’t get to excited. The ÖVP really wants chat control and it’s one of the many pain points of the current coalition talks with SPÖ and Neos.