Only online audience at the start of the ÖVP elections with Kurz und Blümel – Politics –

State Party Secretary Bernadette Arnoldner, along with local council candidate Peter L. Eppinger in the role of moderator, said at the start of the hour-long event that the development of the virus had led the team to reduce the start “to a minimum. “to keep the risk of infection as low as possible. possible to maintain. So in the morning, the visitors who had already been invited were quickly unloaded, only a few representatives of the authorized media remained in the auditorium.

So that the stars of the night, Kurz and Blümel, did not feel too lonely, a mosaic of fans and followers could be seen on the video screen on his back via live zoom, including a well-rehearsed tin clap. After recorded greetings from the Home Secretary Karl Nehammer, the Integration Minister Susanne Raab and the non-executive Vienna City Councilor Markus Wölbitsch, the Federal Chancellor was immediately called on stage.

In an “interview” with Eppinger, Kurz asked the Turks for all votes to strengthen the party’s positions, “either in the government or in the state parliament.” And he painted – against all current polls – the specter of an absolute SPÖ on the wall: “Due to the development in other parties, we notice that there are many voices in the market,” the SPÖ will increase significantly: “The question is: Is there at final an absolute majority for the SPÖ in Vienna or not? “In any case, the objective of the People’s Party must be to avoid it, hence the mobilization message.

The listener Blümel did not hide the fact that he considered Vienna a beautiful city. But much remains to be done in areas such as integration, security, justice and economic policy. “If Vienna is enough for who it is” will decide on October 11 for the continuation of the red-green. For everyone who still has goals and wants to take advantage of opportunities, turquoise is the right choice.

Blümel did not give his 15-minute campaign speech live. It was recorded on video, recorded in three places in the city. In the clip, the ÖVP minister also spoke about his most recent main topic, migration, and criticized the fact that parallel societies were denied in Vienna: “A fundamental problem in Vienna is that the government of the red-green city really create your own fairy tale of not having problems. ” Those who say what is happening are accused of attacking Vienna. Integration, without a doubt, must be promoted, but also demanded. “Whoever wants to live with us has to comply with our rules, traditions and laws, and not the other way around.”

He reiterated the demand for knowledge of German before receiving an apartment in a community building. Furthermore, German should be anchored in the constitution of the city of Vienna as a national language. The right to vote must also remain a citizenship law, he demanded. Blümel also assured that – contrary to what the “left alliance” of the SPÖ, Greens and NEOS demanded – with the ÖVP in the city government it was not about bringing new immigrants to Vienna. All three parties recently voted to admit 100 children from the Moria refugee camp. Blümel criticized the “misunderstood welcome culture.”

The top candidate turquoise also referred to the current situation of the coronavirus. The federal government has put together a “huge package of measures” from which Vienna also benefits, he said in the recording. Blümel criticized Viennese measures, such as the “Schnitzel bonus” for restaurateurs or emerging cycle paths. The ÖVP politician also reiterated his call for a commercial opening on Sunday, which should be implemented through tourist areas.