ÖVP loses 1st place
Chancellor admits: “There is great dissatisfaction”
Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer did not want to gloss over his party's big loss and the loss of first place in the EU elections. "The result is not at all pleasing", said the ÖVP leader, expressing his disappointment. There is a "great deal of dissatisfaction", concluded the leader of the People's Party.
Nehammer promised the voters at the ÖVP election party that he had understood the message.
ÖVP General Secretary Christian Stocker had previously spoken of a "successful race to catch up".
Illegal migration and overregulation in the focus of the ÖVP
There is "great dissatisfaction", concluded Nehammer. He wants to take this on board and "pour it into politics". By taking decisive action against illegal migration and overregulation, for example, the ÖVP will show voters in the coming months that it takes their concerns seriously.
"I want to shape and not divide society," said Nehammer, setting himself apart from the FPÖ. The Chancellor said that he would be the leading candidate in the upcoming National Council elections in the fall.
SPÖ leader Babler: "FPÖ is within striking distance"
Disappointment also reigned in the SPÖ on election Sunday. Party leader Andreas Babler nevertheless tried to spread confidence. In front of his party friends in Vienna's Marx Palace, he spoke of a "very stable result" that had been achieved. "Of course I would have expected a little more", he said. "But the FPÖ is within striking distance."
They will be able to beat them in the National Council elections: "With the small difference, it's a piece of cake, we will stop the FPÖ," promised the SPÖ leader. When he was elected party leader a year ago, the SPÖ was still polling at 19 percent, now it is at 23 percent, said Babler
The result cannot be glossed over, but "we are stabilized". He did not want to admit mistakes in the election campaign. The issue situation in Europe had been difficult, the situation in the National Council elections would be different.
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