No full retreat

SPÖ leader Michael Lindner remains in politics

Lindner will continue to hold an SPÖ office after his resignation.

(Bild: Antje Wolm)

"Who do you think should do it?" - This is the question that interim leader Alois Stöger is currently asking all his interlocutors in the search for a successor to Michael Lindner, who has resigned. He, in turn, revealed that he will remain with the SPÖ in a minor role.

Everyone in the SPÖ is saying that interim leader Alois Stöger is moving at an enormous pace in the search for a successor to the resigned chairman and provincial councillor Michael Lindner. He has already held 40 talks. And the experienced former minister asks everyone the question: "Who do you think should do it?"

Logical candidates have declined
We don't know what answers he gets. The logical candidates have more or less declined, and the preference is for someone "fresh" who can make the party strong again. Many in the party say: "We need something like the ÖVP had with Sebastian Kurz." It is questionable whether there is a woman or a man with such charisma in the SPÖ.

How is Michael Lindner actually doing? This week, he spoke critically about the development of municipal finances in the state budget parliament without attacking the ÖVP or LH Thomas Stelzer, as he had done in the past. And he revealed that he will remain a politician for the SPÖ after all - at least as a local councillor in Kefermarkt.