Protest planned – ‘Black and blue is a political dam breach’

For Pollak, the spokesman for the human rights organization “SOS Mitmensch”, it was “insane and irresponsible” that politicians who “went near neo-Nazis” would be sworn in tomorrow. His criticism also applies to the ÖVP, as they want to work “with such people”. “That’s why we’re going to protest against it tomorrow,” he announces.

Criticism of the FPÖ is a “politically correct ritual”
Former FPÖ MEP Andreas Mölzer is not impressed by tomorrow’s protest rally. The FPÖ is democratically elected and its representatives have not been criminally convicted. He classifies the critical voices as a “politically correct ritual” repeated when the Liberals enter government. While there were also “clunky sayers” from Udo Landbauer or Gottfried Waldhäusl, the targeted working document, including support for taverns and German commandments in schools, makes sense.

“SPÖ was not ready to fall back”‘
Kronen Zeitung domestic political journalist Ida Metzger explains why the SPÖ withdrew from the coalition negotiations: “A compromise was found on four of the five points, but not on one. And the SPÖ was not ready to withdraw.” Tomorrow will in any case be “a black day” for Johanna Mikl-Leitner, as the FPÖ has already announced that it does not want to elect her as state governor despite the employment contract. humiliation in a class of its own,” explained the head of domestic policy.

An alternative to black and blue would have been new elections
Christoph Haselmayer, opinion pollster of the IFDD institute, also knows the approval figures for black and blue: According to current surveys, 55 percent of Lower Austrians are satisfied with this variant, 40 percent “strictly reject this pact”. In any case, after the failure with the Reds, the governor would have had no choice but to join the FPÖ. “The only way out would have been new elections in Lower Austria.” But then, according to Haselmayer, she would have been “beaten up” by both the media and voters.

Kickl as chancellor? “A horror scenario!”
Could the FPÖ soon be in a federal government again? “The possibility is there”, says Mölzer, because election promises of parties that have excluded an FPÖ coalition cannot always be taken “seriously”. Human rights activist Alexander Pollak shudders at such an idea: “That would be a horror scenario!”. If Herbert Kickl were to become chancellor, one thing is clear to him: “Then we will certainly protest”. “But I still have hope that it won’t come to that,” Pollak adds.

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