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Due to the large number of voting cards, Strache had at least one hope remaining. Election investigators barely gave him a chance to join the Vienna City Council. Politically, Strache would be on the verge of collapse. However, on election night he was confident that his party would overcome the five percent hurdle. He himself did not want to talk about his political end. Cooperation with the FP is only conceivable if its “ruthless” successors are replaced.
Nepp dismissed this: “A reconciliation always includes Bue, who I cannot recognize,” he said. After the Ibiza debacle, there was rightly a loss of confidence, Nepp testified. But he hopes the FP can exert more control in Vienna again five years from now.
In a poll conducted by pollster Peter Hajek, FP voters stated that Nepp was the strongest motive for them to vote. The FP could only unite its class of voters with itself.
The loss of two-thirds of the votes was set on the price, now the bottom has been reached, said Manfred Haimbuchner, president of the Upper Austrian FP. Rumors that there might be a change at the top of the party and that Norbert Hofer resigned, he denied. The election result “had no consequences at the federal level” and rejected the possible personal consequences, Haimbuchner said. Strache’s political end would also be to Haimbuchner’s advantage: he would not have to fear that a Strache branch would riot in state elections. (wins)
Neos is happy with fourth place
“Our course obviously hit the nerve,” Neos boss Christoph Wiederkehr said on election night. Eight percent would be a sensational success, he said. This places roses in fourth place. Electoral strategists were particularly challenged by Wiederkehr’s low level of knowledge. The 30-year-old Salzburg native, whose parents hail from Hungary and France, focused on education and entrepreneurship.
