In the special election campaign speech on krone.tv, Beer Party chairman Dominik Wlazny reveals his political role model, talks about the topics of migration, education and health care and explains why he now believes his party is seen as a major competitor.
Lately, the beer party has been dominating the headlines with negative headlines that it is supposedly muzzling employees, reports the Falter. “That is not true,” Wlazny explains. The confidentiality agreement not only serves privacy, but also protects internal information and plans and concepts. “That is how it is in many organizations.” Wlazny can only understand this “attempt at scandal” to a limited extent, “because the focus is of course shifted from other small scandals that I actually find much worse. Let’s talk about the mayor of Linz, let’s talk about the Viennese allotments, let’s talk about the Kurz era. That was not so long ago. This actually hits our democracy where it hurts.”
According to the Beer Party leader, he does not want to wander around, “because drinking is not my thing.” He sees it as an honor that the Beer Party is recognized as serious competition. “If the party were at zero, one or two percent in the polls, probably no one would crow about something like that.
When asked who his political role model is, Wlazny answers Jon Gnarr. He was once the mayor of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. In addition to politics, Gnarr devoted himself to punk music and cabaret. “He started his party as a satirical project and eventually got a lot of support. “That was also shortly after the financial crisis in Iceland, when he did smart things,” says Wlazny. The Beer Festival also started as satire. “Satire is a fundamental pillar of democracy because it simply shows things.”
You can watch the entire conversation with Dominik Wlazny in the video above.
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Source: Krone
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