The NEOS celebrated the end of their election campaign late Friday afternoon as a “future festival” on the Freyung in central Vienna. Party leader and top candidate Beate Meinl-Reisinger repositioned the Pinks as a “reform force” and invoked their will to govern.
Meinl-Reisinger said confidently that they would “make history” on Sunday. “Things are not going well for us in Austria,” the pink frontwoman confirmed, continuing as before does not work.
The NEOS were founded because all other parties had the opportunity to achieve results, “and they did not take advantage of this opportunity”. She does not want an “Ibiza 2.0 coalition” between the ÖVP and FPÖ, “that is not good for us,” Meinl-Reisinger emphasizes. “I don’t want to sit in a fortress while our economy collapses.” And she also does not want “this grueling standstill” under an ÖVP-SPÖ government.
“Prosperity for all”
“The alternative is a courageous, determined reform coalition and that is only possible with NEOS,” said Meinl-Reisinger. In terms of content, the top candidate focused on the economy and promised ‘prosperity for all’. Education was also not neglected; every child has the ‘right to the best education’.
In connection with the budget, Meinl-Reisinger criticized the fact that the debt mountain had “completely gotten out of hand” in recent years. “Yes, we will have to make savings,” she explained, for example on administration, financing and systems “that are not fit for the future.”
Pink “renewal” for Austria
The NEOS have shown that they can govern, Meinl-Reisinger said with an eye to Vienna. “We have some support from up there at the moment – very nice,” she noted during her speech to the ringing of the church bells – which was eventually drowned out by the shouts of “Beate”.
Like Meinl-Reisinger, NEOS Secretary General Douglas Hoyos also announced “run, run, run” as the motto for the final hours before Sunday’s elections. There is one goal: “Renew this country, reform this country,” Hoyos said. People are “more willing than ever for government responsibility.”
Pink profit is possible
It is of course unclear whether this will actually happen and whether the NEOS will become part of a three-party coalition. According to the surveys, the Pinks could likely improve on their 2019 result (8.10 percent) – in the weeks before the election they were reported at values between nine and twelve percent. After fairly weak results in the regional elections, the Pinks were able to make gains in the EU elections in June.
Source: Krone
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