When analyzing the “Krone” elephant round, it quickly became clear: a black-blue government in Salzburg is possible, all small parties suffer from the ÖVP.
The central question of the elephant round was also an important topic in the analysis discussion afterwards on krone.tv and PULS24. How do the ÖVP and FPÖ relate to each other in terms of a possible coalition? “Is it just supposed to look like they don’t get along, or are they really not getting along?” asked “Krone” editor-in-chief Klaus Herrmann.
He gave the answer himself and sees the election train driving towards black and blue. “I wouldn’t take the banter too seriously here,” Herrmann said. However, Ida Metzger, “Krone’s” domestic policy team leader, felt there were simpler options for Governor Wilfried Haslauer. “For him, a government would probably be cheaper with the SPÖ than with the FPÖ,” she said.
„Shellhorn problem“ from Groenen and Neos
In any case, Haslauer has plenty of options, political scientist Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle was convinced. “Who wants to be with the ÖVP? It seems like everyone wants that,” she said. However, the two smaller parties in the state parliament have the same problem: “Both have a Schellhorn problem. The Neos that Sepp Schellhorn is no longer eligible, the Greens that Heinrich Schellhorn had to resign. Both are now competing for entry into the state parliament,” said Stainer-Hämmerle. For Herrmann, the Greens and Neos show a general problem with small parties when they go into a state government with about ten percent.
“Because smaller partners usually can’t force anything,” Herrmann analyzed. The Neos have an additional problem, Metzger added: “In general, the Neos are deadly because they want to get into state governments, but then they lack the political staff.” State Councilor Andrea Klambauer also made technical mistakes in the election campaign, she added.
The Egger case is also exciting: he can imagine paying off corona fines and the competition takes pity on him. Berthold and Svazek see the statement as an “untargeted slip” by the SPÖ man.
Source: Krone

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