Serious accusations

State health agency takes SPÖ top duo to court

Dark clouds over the LGA. The agency is now taking legal action against Hergovich and Silvan's accusations.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Attila Molnar, Daniel Schalhas, Parlament)

The Lower Austrian provincial health agency is taking the red top duo to court over serious accusations made by SPÖ provincial party leader Sven Hergovich and the blue-yellow top candidate for the national elections, Rudolf Silvan. What statements are involved and how Hergovich and Silvan are reacting to the lawsuits - editorial manager Lukas Lusetzky has put the case in context for you.

The political togetherness that has been praised for so many years can no longer be seen or felt across the country. Cross-party cohesion has been a thing of the past since the collapse of the black-red coalition talks following the recent state elections. The fact that the provincial health agency (LGA) is now suing provincial party leader Sven Hergovich and the leading candidate of the provincial SPÖ Rudolf Silvan three weeks before the national elections shows this more clearly than ever.