Blue landslide victory
ÖVP state leader in tears: “I gave everything”
Styria is blue: according to the latest projections, the FPÖ has won the regional elections with over 35 percent of the vote. The ÖVP state leader and previous governor Christopher Drexler said in tears on Sunday evening: "I gave it my all."
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Drexler had still been confident when he cast his vote on Sunday, but the rude awakening followed a few hours later. The ÖVP lost almost ten percentage points and first place, while the Freedom Party took over 35%.
Drexler blames Vienna and the Federal President
ÖVP leader Christopher Drexler made an emotional statement following the debacle: "I feel like the pawn of the Republic!" And he even indirectly blamed Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen, as he had been confronted on his election campaign tour with the question "why the election winner (Herbert Kickl) had not been given the task of forming a government".
"Thanks to Vienna", the former provincial governor said in the direction of federal politics. In any case, he had "given everything", Drexler said, showing little understanding in view of his election defeat.
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