For the Lower Austrian FPÖ state party chairman and deputy governor Udo Landbauer, it was "obviously the right decision" that federal party leader Herbert Kickl returned the mandate to form a government. Kickl thereby proved that "for him and us as a party, it is not about positions and functions," but about implementing content "that was promised to the voters beforehand," said Landbauer on the sidelines of a press conference on Thursday.

Landbauer: "Needs Stable Conditions"

The Freedom Party was willing to compromise, but not to ignore and abandon "the most central electoral concerns and motives." Also, with regard to the recently planned distribution of ministries, he said: "You can't make much more concessions without completely embarrassing yourself or exposing yourself to the accusation that you have sold out and betrayed the voters." He described a minority government as not a sensible solution because "it needs stable conditions." From a new election demanded by the Freedom Party, Landbauer hopes for a clearer mandate with an even stronger FPÖ. A resignation of Kickl as the "clear election winner" would be "absurd" and "a betrayal of voters," the Freedom Party member said when asked.

(APA/Red)

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