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How red-pink wants to score points before the election

Mayor Michael Ludwig (right) and his deputy Christoph Wiederkehr: the "Progress Coalition" for Vienna was launched in 2020.(Bild: APA/HERBERT NEUBAUER)

The Vienna elections are approaching. The Viennese will be called to the polls in the fall at the latest. It is becoming increasingly clear which opportunities the city government will use to present itself in the best light before then.

There is one thing you cannot accuse Vienna's city government of: timing its prestigious projects to coincide with the date of the Vienna elections and then presenting them in a correspondingly campaigning manner.