SPÖ candidate Prammer

The online date became a private jackpot

Dietmar Prammer and his Anna have been a couple for seven years. The Tinder date as a private jackpot!(Bild: Horst Einöder/Flashpictures)

Dietmar Prammer gives private insights. How the SPÖ candidate for mayor of Linz wrapped his girlfriend around his finger, what he says about Klaus Luger's "legacy", why he always maintains eye contact with passers-by and why his female colleagues brought him a hundred pack of disposable bibs. The "Krone" asked the 50-year-old for an interview a week before the election for Linz city council.

What began with a coffee on a Tinder date ended with cigarettes. Even though both are non-smokers. In between, there were a few beers and hours of conversation, and the next morning Anna was certain and said to her best friend: "I've fallen in love." Around seven years have passed and the 45-year-old native of Ukraine has been at Didi Prammer's side ever since. "Since our second date, we've only been a couple," laughs Anna. The woman with whom the SPÖ mayoral candidate has a lot in common. "Science fiction and crime novels. I'd say we're both pretty much series junkies," nods Prammer, putting on his winter jacket and going for a long walk with his partner. An exception in the stressful election campaign.