Babler in an interview

Babler’s mortal fear of Kickl: “Will you be murdered?”

Andreas Babler attacked Herbert Kickl head-on: The FPÖ leader chanted something about wanted lists for politicians.(Bild: APA/Picturedesk, Krone KREATIV)

Work. Change. Future. This was the motto of the Vienna SPÖ in Burgenland, where everyone who is anyone in social democracy was invited. Only one person didn't show up: Burgenland's governor Hans Peter Doskozil. The new SPÖ chairman Andreas Babler made his first appearance. In the "Krone" flash interview, he talks about Kickl's wanted lists, the rededication scandal and the issue of inflation in the expensive thermal baths.

The Vienna SPÖ goes to the St. Martins Therme in Burgenland. What sounds like the beginning of a mediocre joke is actually the grandly orchestrated club meeting of the Social Democrats, where the main topics are employment, education, inflation and housing.