The ÖVP in chaos

This is how the coup against Christopher Drexler unfolded

Black day for Christopher Drexler(Bild: Christian Jauschowetz)

Over the weekend, dark clouds had been gathering over the party leader. "Christopher, there's no point anymore!" appealed the business association, farmers' association and district organizations to Drexler. The FPÖ was taken completely by surprise by the ÖVP chaos.

Did he send a prayer to heaven that everything would go well? That he could remain deputy governor and party leader despite his election defeat? At the weekend, ÖVP governor Christopher Drexler was spotted in the Upper Styrian pilgrimage site of Mariazell - unaware that dark clouds were gathering over him in Graz, but above all in the districts.