The beer party has announced its intention to participate in the elections for the National Council. However, paying members – and therefore the necessary change for an election campaign – are missing. The initial ambitions have now apparently triggered a certain level of mobilization.
The Beer Party wants 20,000 new members by the end of April; in the first 24 hours after the corresponding announcement by party leader Dominik Wlazny, 2,216 new members were welcomed.
Party leader Dominik Wlazny is confident that the necessary financing will be secured in a timely manner. By setting issues, the party is fishing for the left-of-center voter pool.
Equal opportunities, education as a key to integration, gender equality and more childcare should deliver electoral success. A central demand of Wlazny’s party is aptitude tests for ministerial positions. Young people must have a say and a ‘golden credit card’ should not open the door to better medical care. Decisions must be made “on the basis of facts and not ideologies”.
Are left-wing parties cannibalizing each other?
Wlazny considers the fact that the Beer Party could cost the SPÖ votes with its candidacy and make Herbert Kickl the first blue chancellor which would be “the old story of taking away votes”.
Wlazny responded to speculation that the Social Democrats would have been keen to win him over because he was ‘not kneeled by anyone’. “If someone invites me for coffee, I will go,” he said, referring to an upcoming meeting between him and SPÖ leader Andreas Babler.
Another barrier to entry
The condition for a national candidacy is at least 2,600 signatures. It can be assumed that the Beer Party would overcome this obstacle. In the 2022 federal presidential elections, Wlazny was the first candidate to submit the necessary 6,000 votes to the electoral authority.
Source: Krone
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