The citizen video of Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) that surfaced last week led to heated discussions. These words are unworthy of a Chancellor, says communications advisor and podcaster about ‘Hoppe speaks’, Nina Hoppe in the krone.tv interview with Jana Pasching. Because: “As Chancellor, he is not only responsible for his voters.” Critically and provocatively, it can also be said that he was not even elected, says Hoppe. “He came into office because his predecessor resigned.”
“A government leader does not polarize. He must find consensus and bring it together,” summarizes the communications advisor. There is therefore a lack of political discourse in politics as a whole. “People want to know how they organize their lives and what concepts politics has and what preconditions are created.”
The political arguments, the opposition’s reactions: it’s all reminiscent of a kindergarten environment. “I believe this is not necessarily good for politics.” People would listen to those who act and react in increasingly anti-systematic ways, because they say: “Yes, you think like us, it affects us too. Irritating”. But that doesn’t solve the problems either. According to Hoppe, this also explains why the FPÖ does so well in investigations.
With the current campaign ‘Faith in Austria’, the ÖVP has also tried to get closer to its Christian social roots. “But that was reduced to absurdity the next day with this video.”
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Source: Krone
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