Criticism and Leaks
Unrest Surrounding SPÖ Committee Meetings
The SPÖ’s Presidium and Executive Board met as scheduled on Friday. In the run-up to the meetings, there was, on the one hand, the revelation of the Muchitsch slides—but also criticism from the party’s “red grande dame,” Doris Bures, who argued that, given the poor poll numbers, the party could not simply move on to business as usual, even in terms of personnel. Babler himself, however, referred to the debate as “media-driven”...
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen What had long been whispered behind closed doors could be read in black and white on PowerPoint slides projected onto the wall as early as the beginning of September. As the “Krone” revealed, slides were projected onto the wall during a secret union meeting in which the powerful union leader Beppo Muchitsch called for a “personnel realignment,” arguing that Babler was “unelectable for many.”
In the run-up to the Presidium and Executive Board meeting, the Socialist Party’s “grande dame,” Doris Bures, also stated that, given the poor poll numbers—currently at 15 percent—they could not proceed with the agenda. This explicitly concerned both substantive issues and personnel matters.
Committees Without the Big Names
Did SPÖ leader Andreas Babler see it that way? In any case, speaking about the committee meetings, he once again referred to a “media-driven” leadership debate that would not stand up to reality. The meetings themselves—like Wednesday’s “secret meeting,” which had already become public—yelled no significant results.
However, this was to be expected, as key party figures—such as Vienna’s Mayor Michael Ludwig and Burgenland’s Governor Hans Peter Doskozil—have been absent from the committee meetings for some time now. This was another point Muchitsch mentioned in his presentation slides.
The coming weeks are likely to be exciting nonetheless. Gerhard Zeiler, who is seen as an alternative to Babler, is said to have told confidants that he now intends to go on the offensive.
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