“It rumbles loudly” – SPÖ turbulence: Schnabl after defeat before transfer

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After the disastrous results of the state elections in Lower Austria, the SPÖ bodies met in St. Pölten on Monday evening (see video above). The boards are currently set to replace Franz Schnabl (64). Sven Hergovich (34), currently General Manager of AMS Lower Austria, is ante portas. The suspected “newcomer” is already present at the meeting. The change will be officially announced around 8 p.m.

On election night it was already clear that the SPÖ state committees would also consider the future of the party leader and state party leader Schnabl.

“Important to send a signal”
Schnabl himself saw no reason for consequences. In contrast, MEP Günther Sidl described it as “important to send a signal that we have understood the election results”. Namely to those “who gave us confidence”, but also to those who did not.

“Everyone should take each other by the nose”
You have to talk at all levels, “what went wrong,” said Rainer Spenger, deputy mayor in Wiener Neustadt. It is important to draw conclusions, everyone has to “take each other by the nose”. Assigning debts is out of place. “Reorganize, also in the federal government”, was the motto.

Babeler does not want to lead the SPÖ state
Traiskirchner’s mayor, Andreas Babler, when he arrived before the state party board, stressed that it would now be a matter of starting a process of renewal. When asked if he would succeed Schnabl at the head of the state party, Babler waved him off: “I am a man for the top in Traiskirchen.” Of course, it is unclear what decisions the state party government will make.

“It Rumbles Loud”
“According to the result” you have to “discuss everything”, emphasized state parliamentarian Hannes Weninger. It will also be about personnel matters, but one should not stop at a personnel debate. “There’s a lot of rumbling going on,” said the outgoing third president of the state legislature, Karin Renner.

According to the provisional final result (including almost all voting cards), the SPÖ had fallen to 20.66 percent (last 23.92), which was its worst result ever (previously 21.57 percent in 2013) and for the first time third place behind the FPÖ means. As a result, the Reds lost a seat in the state parliament. In the future, the Social Democrats will only have twelve representatives. In any case, the two seats in the state government can be saved, but they are no longer entitled to the state deputy.

Source: Krone

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