Innsbruck (OTS) – The latest plays on the political stage point to a long election campaign. The content always remains in a supporting role. At least as far as populism is concerned, the world looks a little better in Tyrol.
Clear the stage! Up country, down country. It is played, danced, spoken. And right in the middle of it all, between all the festivals, festival weeks and games, politicians are once again putting on their play across all party lines this summer. The content? In a minor supporting role. The main actors are the quick headline, the political spin, the simple message. The populism. Is this the prologue to a long, multi-act election campaign?
No matter who you ask from the political circle on the sidelines of the performances, nobody would really dare to bet on a date for the National Council elections. Regularly in autumn 2024? There’s still a long way to go. Maybe too long. About the European elections in spring? Possible, but not really desirable in principle. Or even earlier? That would play into the hands of the Kickl-FPÖ, already sitting in the dressing room with good polls. And the other parties, above all the black-green coalition, naturally don’t want that. State elections in Styria and Vorarlberg or the local council elections in Innsbruck add to the complexity.
That’s a lot of storylines all at once. For all actors. In the chancellor’s party ÖVP, for example, there doesn’t seem to be anyone who really pulls the strings. The question that observers ask themselves: Where will the ÖVP’s center of power be in the summer of 2023? Nobody wants to change places with Karl Nehammer in this situation anyway. This cements the leadership. Even if some were surprised at the sudden differentiation from Kickl and the explanation of this with the Sky Shield. But the political turn with the “normal” is only good for one summer. at most. Apart from that, Nehammer isn’t really making any progress. The otherwise powerful countries in the ÖVP are remarkably calm. If you go through the individual state parties, you quickly come across the reason for the reluctance. Almost everyone is actually struggling with themselves. From Vienna to the Ländle.
This also applies to Tyrol. Governor Anton Mattle has several engagements on his schedule that have the potential for full-blown drama. GemNova. Matrei. Tiwag. Despite all the harshness in the substantive discussion, populism in Tyrol mostly remains in the rehearsal cellar. This may be mainly due to the fact that you only voted last year. In the federal government, on the other hand, we could still have a number of performances like in the past few weeks before the election.
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