Burgenland’s state party leader Hans Peter Doskozil reaffirmed on Wednesday that he had no ambitions to re-engage with the SPÖ at the federal level. He explained this on the sidelines of the conference of state governors in Andau. The mayor of Vienna Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) had previously hoped that Doskosil would participate in the substantive discussion under the new chairman Andreas Babler.
During the press conference after the conference of provincial governors, the journalists were also asked about the latest events in the SPÖ. Doskozil was asked, among other things, if he wanted to become a member of the executive committee of the federal party again. However, the governor did not refer to his statement until Monday.
“That’s not my subject right now”
There he had already declared that the “chapter of federal politics” was closed to him. He also stressed: “I defend against speculation about who called who and when. That is not my subject at the moment.” You know the situation and there is a “clear statement”. Doskozil said nothing more about it.
From Ludwig’s point of view, after the vote shortfall at the extraordinary SPÖ federal party conference, everything has now been clarified and there is a clear result. Babler now has to make some decisions and in the afternoon the further course of action will be discussed in the federal party presidency.
The fact that Babler had tried in vain to reach Doskosil could be due to the many appointments of the Burgenland party leader, the mayor of Vienna said. After all, he was also called to chair the conference of the governors of the Länder.
Ludwig himself was already in contact with Doskozil, even if there were not many opportunities for confidential talks and the topics of the provincial governors’ conference were also discussed. As far as the themes are concerned, the focus is on financial equalization and the shift of the vertical distribution key in favor of the federal states, cities and municipalities.
Ludwig emphasized that he was always in favor of Doskozil playing a role in the federal party committees. He had also offered him a spot as president in the past. He now hopes that Doskozil will continue to participate in the substantive discussion in the future.
Source: Krone
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