Behind the scenes, the mood was evidently even more heated. In parliamentary group meetings, the two Bregenz residents were asked several times to refrain from “going it alone in the media” and to discuss advertisements and broadcasts with the team beforehand, according to an official NEOS statement. “Of course I did not vote everything, but there was nothing that would have harmed the party,” said Moosbrugger when asked by the “Krone”. With his recently sent letter regarding compulsory vaccinations, he only wanted to initiate an internal party discussion in order to “not drive even more people into the arms of the FPÖ”.