Next election soon

Red ranks are closed, more doubts among ÖVP

In just four months' time, all Styrians outside Graz will go to the polls again.(Bild: APA/ERWIN SCHERIAU)

What do the Styrian mayors of the ÖVP and SPÖ say after Sunday's election defeat? The red ranks are closed, while the blacks have much more doubts about the course of the state party - and in some cases also about Christopher Drexler himself. Explosive: the municipal elections are just four months away.

The beginning of the end for Christopher Drexler as party leader of the Styrian ÖVP seems to have been heralded. In a round-up of mayors, no one is openly sharpening the knife, but there are critical voices.