The NEOS overtook the Greens and celebrated their strongest showing in the National Council elections. They further present themselves as a reforming force for a possible three-party coalition.
Loud pop music in the Museum of Applied Arts. Interrupted with news broadcasts and poll updates. Cheers regularly erupt. The NEOS are celebrating their electoral success – the biggest in the National Council elections since the existence of the Economic Liberal Party.
Won the 4th place match
There were people queuing at the entrance before 5 p.m. National and international TV teams and press people crowded outside and inside. Then the first projection at 5 p.m. Huge cheers. Won the race for fourth place, ahead of the Greens and just under ten percent. A magical hurdle that the NEOS never overcame in the National Council elections. Ultimately, the Pinks, led by Beate Meinl-Reisinger, finished at about nine percent. Another step forward, although not a huge one.
“We are available for reform – just not with Herbert Kickl”
Nevertheless, the NEOS are the second winners of the evening. Beate Meinl-Reisinger made it clear: “We are available for new beginnings and reforms – just not with Herbert Kickl.” The boss did not come to the party until later in the evening, which was what Secretary General Douglas Hoyos and EU warhorse Helmut Brandstätter had created. the mood.
Both showed a certain fatigue as a result of the election campaign. However, many of those present derived from the result “a mandate to co-govern”. In fact, the variant will become increasingly realistic if the election losers ÖVP and SPÖ decide to form a coalition without Herbert Kickl’s FPÖ. The party was intense and lasted long into the night. But not too intense. The first debriefings will take place on Monday.
Source: Krone
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