Filzmaier analyzes

How party scandals affect the election

Missteps by politicians have made the headlines in recent weeks - including in the "Krone" newspaper.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Kronen Zeitung)

Various missteps by some politicians burst into the National Council election campaign in Upper Austria: for example, the affair surrounding Linz city leader Klaus Luger (SPÖ), who had to admit to lying, dominated the political discussion for a long time - but does his behavior harm the Babler party? Read the sometimes surprising answers here.

Klaus Luger himself said after his resignation in the Brucknerhaus affair: "If someone is looking for a scapegoat for the SPÖ's poor performance in the national elections, it will probably be me." But will the days-long discussion in Linz - it is well known that the former mayor admitted to having lied - actually influence the result for the Social Democrats?