Lower Austria candidate Schnabl has to give way. There is a lot of frustration in the party – the FPÖ pulls away. A stormy spring is ahead of the Reds. Power struggle for the party leadership included.
The eruptive election Sunday has a first personnel consequence in the SPÖ. Top candidate Franz Schnabl, 64, has to give way. Yesterday we fought until late in the evening. Result: Schnabl also loses his job. He is followed by the Lower Austrian AMS boss Sven Hergovich. He is 30 years younger than Schnabl. And a signal for the future of social democracy. The frustration about the loss of 3.3 percent in Lower Austria was too deep. Head shaking also caused the reaction of the party leadership. Club Vice Jörg Leichtfried spoke of a “small minus”. “Apparently we still need a few defeats before some of those up there realize the seriousness of the situation,” says a top red.if(!apaResc)var apaResc=function(a)var e=window.addEventListener?”addEventListener”: “attachEvent”,t,n;(0,window[e])(“attachEvent”==e?”onmessage”:”message”,function(e)if(e.data[a]) for(var t=document.getElementsByClassName(a),n=0;n!=t.length;n++) t[n].style.height=e.data[a]+”px”,!1); apaResc(“apa-0146-23”);One who speaks openly is SPÖ Salzburg boss David Egger: “The Viennese finally need to rethink.” The SPÖ must “ask the question of what’s going on in the federal states that we will not arrive”. However, Egger does not want to hold the debate for three months. After the elections in Carinthia (March 5th) and Salzburg (April 23rd). Especially with regard to the Carinthian head of state Peter Kaiser, no leadership debate is wanted in the federal government. “After that, things will get down to business,” reveal important comrades. “The topics were made for us. But we lack credibility at management level.” The ÖVP is destroying itself, but the SPÖ cannot use it – in contrast to the FPÖ. Again and again a name comes up as an alternative to party leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner: Hans Peter Doskozil. The mighty Burgenlander shows his ambitions. He is not without controversy in the party, but also has strong supporters. Doskozil himself is holding back. One does not want to cause unrest before the elections, according to his office. It’s the calm before a spring storm.
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