Bernhard Heinzlmaier

Bernhard Heinzlmaier wrote that a person he sharply criticized had prevailed against Ludwig, Katzian, Winkler, and Fellner. Nine state party leaders had allowed themselves to be maneuvered by a provincial mayor who had used a statute that they themselves had approved. Heinzlmaier asked why those affected did not resign together. He predicted a short term for Fellner and expected Winkler to achieve 16 percent. According to his assessment, the FPÖ would triumph, while the SPÖ and ÖVP would leave the countries and the federal government to them. He described one of the mentioned parties as politically lifeless and referred to the process as unprecedented. #Politik #Wahlen #Österreich (translated)

Bernhard Heinzlmaier wrote that rumors about a replacement for Andreas Babler intensified. From Monday, Philip Kucher and Eva-Maria Holzleitner were to lead the SPÖ affairs as a dual leadership, while Babler was to remain party leader and vice-chancellor until the end of the year. Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer was to become vice-chancellor starting in January; a party congress was planned for March. Heinzlmaier stated that he had expected a dual leadership modeled after the SPD. He criticized the planned leadership as hopeless and wrote that the two young, but in his view already deeply rooted in the party bureaucracy, officials could not get the SPÖ back on track. Additionally, he described them derogatorily as a male-female duo in the manner of a traditional costume couple. #SPÖ #Politik #Österreich (translated)

Freunderlwirtschaft, Nepotismus und Postenschacher. Das wahre Gesicht der SPÖ. Georg Ortner - wieder ein neuer "Industriekapitän", der keine Ahnung von Unternehmensführung hat. Denn Sozialisten lernen nur, wie man gemäß der Babler-Doktrin Unternehmen ruiniert, nicht wie man sie aufbaut. #Nepotismus #Politik #Wirtschaft