Status: 01/30/2023 07:47 a.m The governing party ÖVP lost a lot of votes in the state elections in Lower Austria, but remains the strongest force. The right-wing FPÖ won almost a quarter of the votes. The election was considered a mood test for the federal election. In the elections in Lower Austria, Austria's largest federal state, the conservative Chancellor's Party ÖVP was able to assert itself as the strongest force. According to the APA news agency, which refers to the...
Status: 01/29/2023 8:40 p.m In the election campaign, the FPÖ pushed the governing party ÖVP ahead of it - and is now the second strongest force in the state elections in Lower Austria. The ÖVP loses the absolute majority. In the state elections in Lower Austria, the governing party was able to assert itself as the strongest force - albeit with a huge loss of votes of around ten percentage points. According to the projections, the conservative party slipped to...
Austria's right-wing FPÖ received more than a quarter of the votes in the state elections in Lower Austria. In the election in the largest federal state, which is also considered a national political mood test, the party achieved a state record result of 25.4 percent, according to an initial projection by the broadcaster ORF.With a gain of more than ten percentage points, the FPÖ with its top candidate Udo Landbauer became the second strongest political force behind the conservative ÖVP...
As of: 01/28/2023 7:51 p.m In the elections in Austria's largest federal state, Lower Austria, the ruling ÖVP is threatened with severe losses. Their chancellor, Nehammer, does not have a majority at the federal level. The state election is therefore considered a mood test. By Wolfgang Vichtl, ARD Studio Vienna When asked about the consequences of the election in Austria's largest federal state, Lower Austria, Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer became increasingly annoyed. His standard answer: "This is a state election...
chancellor party State elections in Lower Austria: ÖVP under pressure Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) during the elephant round for the Lower Austria elections in St. Pölten. photo © Helmut Fohringer/APA/dpa The election is considered a mood test, especially for the ÖVP. The Conservatives are threatened with a severe loss of votes. The reasons for this lie outside of Lower Austria. In Austria's largest federal state, the state parliament will be re-elected on Sunday. The election in Lower Austria is also...
The Austrian People's Party ÖVP could get 40 percent of the votes in Lower Austria - a success for others, a disaster for them. That's what her election campaign looks like. source site
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There are amazing careers in the world of public relations - and there are very amazing ones. It is astonishing, for example, when journalists who have always insisted that they are completely apolitical suddenly speak for a party. This happens more often. Far more astonishing, however: If a press spokesman was a man of conviction, was considered a man for the rough, rose and fell with his boss, is also faced with investigations into infidelity and bribery, among other things...
The ÖVP mobilizes against asylum seekers and migrants - and even questions the human rights convention. The Conservatives ignite at a high cost. source site
Austria ÖVP insider refuses to testify in the corruption committee Austria's ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz during a visit to Belgrade. photo © Darko Vojinovic/AP/dpa The ÖVP insider Thomas Schmid unpacked the allegations of corruption against the party in front of the judiciary, but he did not want to say anything in front of the U-committee of the parliament. A victory on points for ex-Chancellor Kurz? A former close confidant of Austria's ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz surprisingly refused to testify before the ÖVP...
