After the election is before the election

What lessons the parties need to learn now

Peter Filzmaier, Professor of Political Science at the University of Continuing Education Krems and the Karl-Franzens-University Graz, analyzes for the "Krone".

(Bild: EPA/Olivier Hoslet, Krone KREATIV)

We have voted for party lists and MEPs in the EU Parliament, yet hardly anyone is still talking about European politics. Let's look at the possible lessons parties could learn from the election research data from Foresight and the Institute for Strategic Analysis (ISA).

1) Once upon a time. That's how fairy tales begin. In the same way, it is half a myth that the FPÖ is primarily voted for by young men.