Despite the high summer, the parties are preparing intensively for the National Council elections on September 29. On Thursday, the Freedom Party, SPÖ and Communists set priorities.
The FPÖ now wants to “turn up the volume”. Local and regional groups throughout Austria are organizing “Homeland Summer” events with a focus on customs, crafts and folk music, announced General Secretary Michael Schnedlitz at a press conference.
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The “spearhead” will be party leader Herbert Kickl. The election campaign will officially begin in the first or second week of September. The FPÖ’s aim is “clearly first place,” said Schnedlitz. The polls are currently looking good, “but nothing has been won yet.”
“Starving Piggy Bank”
The ÖVP is within striking distance, so a “show of strength” is needed together with the voters.
Schnedlitz does not believe that the People’s Party or the SPÖ will catch up with Kickl. The blue party leader enjoys more trust among the electorate than his competitors, and that is crucial.
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