Babler in Kobenz

Why the Styrian SPÖ leader refused to tap a beer

SPÖ leader Andreas Babler was not the only one to rant in Kobenz.(Bild: Sepp Pail)

Doskozil intimate Max Lercher invented Political Ash Wednesday for the SPÖ in 2019 - and his idea took off. On Wednesday evening, more than 600 comrades flocked to the festival hall in Kobenz in Styria. The atmosphere was good, the herring feast was delicious - only the Styrian SPÖ leader Anton Lang didn't like the beer at all ...

Although Max Lercher would have preferred to invite the Burgenland governor to Kobenz in Upper Styria, the former federal leader of the SPÖ didn't let on: to the applause of 600 comrades, he entered the festival hall beaming behind the red leader Andreas Babler.