The election campaign in Lower Austria is reaching its hot phase. Of course there are always larger or smaller poison arrows flying between the parties. A “fleet” of the ÖVP with dozens of campaign cars is currently under discussion. “Where did you get the money?” Shocked SPÖ-NÖ boss Franz Schnabl on Twitter. The ÖVP commented on krone.at: “The statements of the SPÖ do not show great economic competence if they seriously believe that we bought the cars. We, of course, only rented them out for the duration of the election campaign. From a cost-benefit point of view, this is a good initiative, because almost half of the cars are electric.”
“Record inflation, thousands can’t afford heating, but the VPNÖ buys an entire fleet of self-worship during the election campaign. How little intuition can you have?” Schnabl complements his criticism on Twitter. Traiskirchen’s SPÖ mayor, Andreas Babler, retweeted Schnabl’s pose with the dozens of ÖVP cars, smugly asking: “Is there more around the corner?”
discussion about costs
Rumor has it that the entire campaign should have cost a million euros. The ÖVP Lower Austria vehemently disagrees. “It’s only a fraction of it. The SPÖ senses a scandal where there is absolutely none.
“Rental price as high as a mobile billboard”
The People’s Party explains to krone.at: “We have just rented 40 cars through an Austrian car dealer, half of which are electric cars. The rental price of a car is about as high as that of a mobile billboard.” After the elections, the cars are returned.
“In Lower Austria you can often only get from A to B by car”
The ÖVP justifies the action: “In Lower Austria you can often only get from A to B by car. We want to reach as many citizens as possible in the municipalities. In addition, each party has politicians who drive by car. “Because many of the rented cars are electric, we also save CO2.”
In any case, the ÖVP is not the only party leaning on wheels during the election campaign. The FPÖ uses its own cars with the likeness of state party leader Udo Landbauer, and the NEOS also has campaign cars. And the Social Democrats tour the state with several buses with the SPÖ logo.
Source: Krone
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