Mega event in Lower Austria
FPÖ demonstrates will to power at New Year’s meeting
In the middle of the coalition negotiations with the ÖVP, the Freedom Party demonstrated its unconditional will to govern at the New Year's meeting on Saturday. More than 3,000 people, including functionaries and supporters from the federal states, gathered in Vösendorf, Lower Austria, with the highlight being an appearance by party leader Herbert Kickl at midday.
Kickl's speech was somewhat tamer than in previous beer tent appearances in view of the government's plans. He refrained from attacking the (current) ÖVP leadership, merely calling once again for "honesty". Nevertheless, the FPÖ leader and possible future Federal Chancellor is clearly trying to distance himself from the ÖVP.
His main enemy is the SPÖ: Kickl called the red state governor Hans Peter Doskozil "Kim Jong Doskozil" (comparing him to the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un). The FPÖ would give Doskozil a run for his money in the upcoming elections in Burgenland. Kickl is certain that the "socialists" will soon be "wiggling their ears" in Vienna too.
There is no closeness to Russia.
Herbert Kickl
The blue chairman also made people sit up and take notice. Because he has "no closeness to Russia", Kickl made clear to the foreign media present. He would not be accused of this by anyone - "Period. That's it. Done." There was muted applause in response. Instead, there was more applause for Kickl's "closeness to neutrality", which he instead attested to.
He also explained that environmental protection was a high priority for him. At the same time, however, he railed against the prevailing "climate communism" - a term Kickl repeated several times. "Compulsory vaccination" and various digressions into the inglorious coronavirus years were of course also on the agenda.
Kickl now wants to turn the "shuttered house of Austria" into a "jewel box". However, this requires a plan and decisions - and a decision has been made to prevent deficit proceedings against Austria by the EU. "We achieved this in three days", whereby the "traffic light" had "messed around" for months - the FPÖ and ÖVP had only presented their "Stability Pact" on Thursday, which included a series of austerity measures.
Side blow to Ludwig
The biggest "cashier" in the country, however, was Vienna's mayor Michael Ludwig Kickl - because in Vienna "everything had been increased" for years, Kickl again took a swipe at the SPÖ.
In addition, not only the debts in Austria were too high, but also the migration figures - there had to be a "zero" here. "Now it's the Austrians' turn," Kickl promised his supporters.
He says 'America first' and I say 'Austria first'.
Herbert Kickl über Donald Trump
Meanwhile, the FPÖ leader feels flattered by the invitation to Donald Trump's inauguration, which he did not accept. "He will understand. He says 'America first' and I say 'Austria first'." Instead of Kickl, Susanne Fürst, member of parliament, is coming.
More successful blue on stage
The "Pyramide" event hotel had already been full to bursting several hours before Kickl's appearance, with the John Otti Band once again heating up the atmosphere. The list of previous speakers was also a demonstration of Kickl's power, some of whom were already successful blue names from the federal states: Lower Austria's Udo Landbauer and Mario Kunasek from Styria. The Burgenland top candidate Norbert Hofer and Dominik Nepp in Vienna, who also spoke, are facing an election.
Lead in the polls continues to grow
The FPÖ's New Year's meeting on Saturday comes at the best possible time. In the most recently published election polls, the blue party has reached record levels of 35 to 39 percent. In the APA election trend, which takes into account the polls of the last five weeks, the Freedom Party is at 37.8 percent. The ÖVP and SPÖ, on the other hand, have lost further ground with their failed government negotiations.
The ÖVP has only been polling between 17 and 22 percent since mid-December. In the election trend, which gives more weight to more recent polls, this currently amounts to 18.5 percent. This means that the former chancellor's party is even slightly behind the SPÖ (19.1%), which has also been losing ground since the national elections, but less rapidly than the ÖVP.
The Social Democrats reach 19 to 20 percent. At 8.9%, the Greens are still around their election result, while the NEOS are slightly higher at 11%.
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