Young axis of trust

Power women on similar paths to ministerial office

Claudia Plakolm (ÖVP) and Eva-Maria Holzleitner (SPÖ) are seen as future hopes in their parties.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Harald Dostal, APA/ALEX HALADA)

The old grand coalition between the ÖVP and the SPÖ could become a new reality after the National Council elections. There are plenty of attempts at rapprochement. But there is also a lesser-known axis of trust between the two biggest political hopefuls of both parties, Claudia Plakolm (ÖVP) and Eva-Maria Holzleitner (SPÖ). What unites them, what divides them and what they think of each other.  

They come from Upper Austria, know and appreciate each other. They have powerful sub-organizations behind them, are both regarded as the greatest female hopefuls in their parties and, above all, are also fixed candidates for a ministerial office in the next federal government. The political future belongs to State Secretary for Youth and Digitalization Claudia Plakolm (ÖVP) and Women's Chairwoman and Deputy Club Leader Eva-Maria Holzleitner. But who are the two most powerful young female politicians in the country - and what unites and what divides them?