One in three members of parliament will no longer return to the National Council. This is already certain, regardless of the outcome of the elections in September. Some will retire politically, others will no longer have electable seats.
The ÖVP and SPÖ are particularly affected. Among them are Wolfgang Sobotka, chairman of the National Council, justice spokeswoman Michaela Steinacker and housing spokesman Johann Singer (all ÖVP). The upcoming elections also mean a parliamentary end to the Kurz era for the People’s Party. Its career changers Maria Großbauer and Gaby Schwarz have already found new jobs as cultural managers and at the Ombudsman. Former pole vaulter Kira Grünberg has no chance of a mandate.
These are the dates surrounding the National Council elections on September 29.
Anyone who no longer stands as a candidate for the SPÖ
One or two SPÖ members were also no longer taken into account, including Harald Troch and Klaus Köchl. Former government members Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek and Alois Stöger, former FSG boss Rainer Wimmer, former party manager Max Lercher and several other members of parliament are no longer voluntary candidates. In both the SPÖ and the ÖVP, some politicians are moving into state politics.
FPÖ club relatively stable
There will be hardly any deviations from the FPÖ, however. Only Petra Steger and Gerald Hauser are moving to the EU Parliament. Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic and Michel Reimon, for example, voluntarily left the Green Party. For others, however, their place on the list could still be tight, as the party must count on fewer seats according to surveys.
According to research, the NEOS has no losses to fear, but they still have voluntary dropouts such as Gerald Loacker and Katharina Werner.
If current research is correct and new factions such as the Beer Party or KPÖ enter the National Council, half of the members of parliament could be new in October. At this point, the new government will be sworn in.
Source: Krone
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