Day one after the historic state elections in Styria. After the PVV managed to take first place for the first time, the ÖVP and SPÖ are now licking their wounds. For the party leaders, this is about their political future.
What is the future for the Styrian People’s Party? The drop to less than 27 percent marked the historically worst result in the Styrian state elections for the once proud blacks. The possibility of forming a white-green sugar coalition with the SPÖ and Neos was only a side issue at the party headquarters on Karmeliterplatz on Sunday evening. With only one surplus mandate, the majority in the state parliament seems too vulnerable. “One MP can blackmail and disintegrate the entire coalition,” one official shook his head.
Business Association for Black and Blue
The coalition therefore remains with the election winner FPÖ. According to reports, the economic association, which is not unimportant for the ÖVP, under WKO chairman Josef Herk, has already campaigned for this. But as a junior partner? Before the elections, (current) state governor and party leader Christopher Drexler more or less ruled out that he would be available for this.
The party board will meet on Monday at 1 p.m. Drexler will ask the question of trust there. On election day, the Styrian ÖVP exercised unity. It remains to be seen whether this will still be the case the day after. It will also be exciting to see how the federal party responds to Drexler’s argument. He saw blame for the election defeat mainly in Vienna – in Hofburg (Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen) and on Ballhausplatz (Chancellor and ÖVP Federal Party Chairman Karl Nehammer): “I feel a bit like the pawn of the republic,” he muttered. Styria after the elections via Semmering.
SPÖ boss Long before replacement
His coalition partner and SPÖ leader Anton Lang also experienced bitter hours on Sunday. The Socialists fell further, with 21.4 percent also marking the worst Styrian result ever for the Social Democrats. Lang, who is never at a loss for pronunciation and is extremely talkative, was noticeably confused on election night. He knows the mechanisms in his party. “We’ll see what the next few days bring,” he said during the ‘Krone’ elephant round.
The state party’s executive committee will meet at the SPÖ at 3 p.m. Lang will also ask the question of trust. If this turns out negatively, the question is who should succeed him. The logical candidate would be club president Hannes Schwarz, but many comrades don’t necessarily trust him to take on the role. Is this why Max Lercher’s great hour has arrived? The Murtaler could build a bridge to blue – just like his intimate Hans Peter Doskozil did in Burgenland. In any case, it remains exciting in the Groene Mark.
Source: Krone
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