There were 18,500, said Rosencrantz, three times as many as needed. “It is a very impressive sign that the people in Austria support me,” emphasized Rosenkranz. His goal is to come second and force Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen into a runoff.
He calls on the incumbent again to a TV duel. His next route would lead him from the federal electoral authority to the Hofburg, where he wanted to hand Van der Bellen a letter. The reason is that Van der Bellen announced that he did not want to take part in TV duels. “At least with a serious candidate like me, he should get involved in a discussion.”
Since neither the SPÖ nor the ÖVP put up their own candidate, Rosenkranz expects a few votes from their regular electorate. He sees himself as a “candidate for the middle of society”.
Source: Nachrichten
