Research by opinion research institute OGM now shows that the arguments over their top candidate Lena Schilling could harm the Greens. The Greens lose slightly and were pushed to fifth place by the NEOS, who managed to make a slight gain. The FPÖ remains the clear favorite for first place.
Four weeks before the EU elections, according to the OGM survey for the “Kurier”, the Freedom Party is stable at 26 percent (in the 2019 EU elections they reached 17.2 percent; note) and is therefore clearly in first place . Even the espionage affair surrounding ex-constitutional protector Egisto Ott, which also involves blue representatives, obviously has no influence on the FPÖ polls.
ÖVP and SPÖ are competing for second place
Compared to previous surveys, there is little movement among the ÖVP and SPÖ, who continue to compete for second place. According to OGM, the two parties are tied at 22 percent. This would mean particularly large losses for the People’s Party compared to the last elections (34.6 percent), and the SPÖ is also nowhere in the polls (2019: 23.9 percent).
KPÖ clearly lacks access to the EU Parliament
According to the OGM, the actual consequences of the Schilling case cannot yet be foreseen, because the allegations against the top candidate only became public on the first day of the investigation. According to the research, the KPÖ would clearly miss out on accession to the European Parliament by two percent.
Two-thirds of Austrians want to vote
According to the research, the willingness to vote is relatively high. 66 percent of respondents said they wanted to vote “with a lot of confidence.” In the last EU elections in 2019, the turnout was 59.8 percent, significantly higher than in previous years.
For the OGM survey, 1,007 voting Austrians were interviewed between May 7 and 8 (variation range 3.1 percent).
Source: Krone
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