EU election analysis – Mahr: “Nehammer is the real election winner”

Babler of the SPÖ lost the elections, now everything in the elections for the National Council comes down to a chancellor’s duel between Nehammer and Kickl. Babler remains in this match.” Haselmayer in turn adds some interesting insights: “I converted yesterday’s EU election results into the National Council elections. And this shows that the two-party coalition of ÖVP and SPÖ now also has a very small majority in parliament with a total of 93 mandates. You then no longer need a third partner. Mr. Kickl won’t be very happy about that.’

Participating in the beer party could cost the FPÖ votes
In contrast to the EU elections, the beer party will also participate in the elections for the National Council. Which on the one hand will probably cost the SPÖ votes, but not only that. Haselmayer: “The FPÖ could also lose voters because the beer party is new to many and, like the FPÖ, seems to be acting against the system. . This could mean that some people could move from the FPÖ to the Beer Party.” When asked how to assess the Greens’ performance in the EU elections, media manager Mahr answers: “It is not only Ms Schilling who is responsible. for the Greens’ loss of votes. The participation of the Greens in the government is also causing division.” Both said no on the question of whether the ÖVP should now position itself more to the right in the National Council election campaign: “Haselmayer: “There is nothing to be gained on the right .” That would be something like Schmiedl: “We want to become blacksmiths.” Nehammer should position the ÖVP rather in the middle. That is also his strength.

From an international perspective, the shift to the right, which was predicted across Europe before the EU elections, turned out differently than expected. Mahr: “The European shift to the right is not as dramatic as assumed. The European People’s Party is still the strongest alliance in the EU Parliament.”