Only one not included

But cost limits for the local council election campaign

The "super election year" in the Lower Austrian municipalities will come to an end in January 2025.

(Bild: P. Huber)

Frugality or political calculation: before every major election, at least one party comes up with the idea of limiting campaign costs. This was also the case in Tulln, where the Freedom Party wanted to implement this. After an initial failure in the local council, they have now actually done so - with one exception.

Now they have after all! As reported, the FPÖ demanded a cost limit on advertising for the upcoming municipal elections in January at the most recent municipal council meeting in Tulln town hall - and was rebuffed by the ÖVP, the party in absolute power, with its urgent motion. This was simply not an issue for this body, they said succinctly.

2 euros per eligible voter
But Krone readers know that the other parties were also in favor of an upper limit. And this is exactly what has now been implemented - away from the municipal council: the SPÖ, Greens and Neos are pulling together with the Freedom Party and city councillor Andreas Bors and have agreed to no longer spend 30,000 euros or around 2 euros per eligible voter.

Councillor Hubert Herzog (SPÖ), Councillor Georg Brenner (Neos), Councillor Andreas Bors (FPÖ) and Deputy Mayor Rainer Patzl (Greens).

(Bild: FPÖ Tulln)

"We want to run a fair election campaign in Tulln that is based on content and not on financial superiority. With 30,000 euros, we have set a limit that allows each party to get its message across without getting into a race for the biggest budget. It's about ideas and concepts, not about who gives away the most and most expensive campaign items," reads a joint statement from the FPÖ, SPÖ, Neos and the Greens. The ÖVP remains silent.