Innsbruck, Vienna (OTS) – Nehammer’s “Speech on the Future of the Nation” gave a foretaste of an upcoming election campaign. The Chancellor is guided by the content of the FPÖ, emphasizes conservative principles – and says goodbye to black and green.
Anyone who expected Karl Nehammer to make people sit up and take notice with a – not even groundbreaking, but still new – announcement on the challenges of the time (climate change, inflation or dangers for democracy) was probably disappointed following his speech – or perhaps not from the outset naive enough. The ÖVP chairman did not want to surprise with anything new. He relies on the familiar. Nor does he have his sights set on 2030, as he explained to us, but on the next election campaign. This is understandable from his point of view. Because Karl Nehammer is by no means prepared to serve the government work with the Greens until autumn 2024 in order to then vacate the chancellor’s office. The opposite is the case.
But Nehammer finally says goodbye to black and green. The Greens will still not get their brains around that, but will continue to emphasize the handshake quality of “Gust” (Wöginger) and say that you can work so well with “Karl” (Nehammer). Meanwhile, the chancellor is railing once morest gender, is banking on the continued use of the internal combustion engine, wants to cut social benefits and encourage home ownership.
Nehammer orients himself clearly and unequivocally to the FPÖ and its electorate. It is therefore probably no coincidence that the course has now also been set for ÖVP/FPÖ cooperation in Lower Austria. And who knows whether a coalition will be formed in Carinthia without the SPÖ?
The ÖVP seems to have a plan. First, the veto once morest a Schengen expansion to include Romania and Bulgaria (show a little muscle once morest Brussels). Then the announcement of a Corona reconciliation (return attempt by deeply angry rural conservatives). If a national-conservative alliance is now being formed in Lower Austria (and perhaps also in Carinthia and then in Salzburg), then it should be clear to everyone what the ÖVP is planning under Nehammer.
The speech has been made, now the ÖVP has to wait and see. Is the ailing SPÖ able to end their intrigues or are they continuing to work on the “self-destruction project”? If the answer is available, the ÖVP will design the timetable for the election. If you were her advisor, you would have to say: keep the ball flat. Wait until everyone is on vacation and dreaming of better times, then dissolve parliament and let elections take place in the fall. Because of the state of the SPÖ, the situation for the ÖVP with its “Back to the Future” program will not improve.
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