After Styria speech

“Kraining over the Semmering is a tradition”

Christopher Drexler: white-green statement in front of Admont's Gironcoli sculpture.(Bild: Jauschowetz Christian)

Drexler's Styria speech unofficially opened the provincial ÖVP's election campaign. Why the blacks breathed a sigh of relief, what the political expert says and how the other parties reacted.

ÖVP officials breathed a sigh of relief after the Styrian governor's speech: Christopher Drexler may have been too long-winded and rambling, but in terms of content he had struck a chord with black party supporters. In any case, the Styrian ÖVP leader's main aim was to give injections of courage after the devastating polls - plummeting to third place.