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The main candidate of the ÖVP, Gernot Blümel, confirmed in an oe24.TV interview for the first time in no uncertain terms: “If there is a coalition between the SPÖ and the ÖVP after the October 11 elections, I will resign my position as minister. Finance and Deputy Mayor. change the government of the city of Vienna. Policy for Vienna has always been my goal, and as soon as I can implement it, I will. “
Blümel expects a clear second place with clear gains in votes for the ÖVP and at the same time a defeat for the Greens, who could fall from 20% in the National Council elections to 12% in the Vienna elections. Blümel: “I cannot imagine that Mayor Ludwig wants to rule Vienna with a coalition of losers.”
The main candidate of the ÖVP announced a clear line at the end of the electoral campaign: “The objective of the ÖVP is to govern in Vienna in a coalition, and I personally am available for it.”
Blümel does not mention any specific conditions for a new black-red coalition in Vienna, but ÖVP insiders have heard that the ÖVP would push for two municipal council seats if the election result was nearly 20%:
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Gernot Blümel would be available as deputy mayor and, as such, would take over Peter Hanke’s “Economics and Finance” department.
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Furthermore, the ÖVP would like to have its own integration councilor.
The SPÖ and Mayor Ludwig are already thinking very hard about the possibility of a coalition change to the ÖVP, but of course they were very surprised by Blumel’s announcement to resign from the Finance Minister. Ludwig in a small circle: “I would not have expected that!”
In fact, Ludwig would politically prefer a SPÖ-ÖVP coalition to the unpredictable red-green alliance of recent months, but in truth two hearts beat in his chest:
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On the one hand, Ludwig, the strongman of the SPÖ, could also prepare a change of government in the federal government with Blümel, the brief confidant, building on the coalition in Vienna, and that would be an extremely exciting prospect for the SPÖ …
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On the other hand, Ludwig fears that the advertising duo Blümel / Kurz could dismantle him in his role as “father of the city”.
A member of SPÖ: “It depends entirely on how personal chemistry develops between Blümel and Ludwig in the coalition talks. Right now it’s pretty bad … “
And the SPÖ informant continues: “With Hebein, Ludwig will rule practically alone for the next few years!”
For the ÖVP, Blümel’s announcement to go to Vienna means a strong end to the electoral campaign. This means that each ÖVP vote is now a vote for a coalition change, and that can be decisive for all bourgeois voters.
Wolfgang Fellner
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