The temporal overlap was due to chance. After all, the ÖVP could not have foreseen that large demonstrations “against the right” would take place in Vienna and other larger cities in the country on Friday afternoon. In the capital alone, up to 80,000 people came together on the Ringstrasse to “defend democracy,” spurred on by the numerous marches against the AfD in Germany.
ÖVP starts the election campaign – politics
