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“Unworldly election campaign?”: This is how the SPÖ meeting went!

SPÖ leader Andreas Babler was not only met with approval at the meeting.(Bild: APA/ROLAND SCHLAGER)

Red in trouble: SPÖ leader Andreas Babler may remain in office, but must face criticism from within his own ranks. Who lashed out against Babler in the committee meetings, who must fear for their job and which demands the SPÖ leader can kiss goodbye to before the start of the government negotiations.

"To be honest, I don't see a government mandate for the SPÖ in the result. It was an election to be taken seriously," said Salzburg SPÖ leader David Egger to his federal party leader Andreas Babler on election day. Even though there was no red head rolling at the party executive committee and party presidium meetings on Monday, the poor result is unlikely to be without consequences. Those in the committees who took a swipe and fear for their jobs.