So Austria's Parties React to the Germany Election

"There is currently no statement from Beate Meinl-Reisinger on the German election," said a spokesperson on Monday in response to an APA inquiry. Meinl-Reisinger is currently being considered as a possible candidate for the position of Foreign Minister. The KPÖ, an extra-parliamentary party in Austria, was the first to react and extended its congratulations to its partner party, the Left.

Babler on German Election: AfD Result "Extremely Dangerous Development"

The German Liberals, on the other hand, failed to pass the five-percent hurdle to enter the Bundestag. FDP leader Christian Lindner therefore announced on election night that he would retire from active politics. The German Social Democrats also suffered significant losses. The chancellor party SPD fell behind the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) to third place and achieved the worst result in a national parliamentary election in 138 years.

SPÖ leader Andreas Babler did not address the result of his German party friends in a post on the online platform X. However, Babler saw the AfD's success as "an extremely dangerous development that we are experiencing not only in Austria and Germany, but internationally. They fuel fears, pit people against each other, and attack the achievements of our democracy," emphasized Babler on Sunday evening.

The AfD's success - they came in second with 20.8 percent - pleased FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl. "The voters in Germany today ensured the continuation of the patriotic shift and made the AfD the clear number two, the only political force that stands for freedom, prosperity, and sovereignty," Kickl declared in a statement on Sunday. "A huge hole has opened in the firewall of the unity parties," Kickl further stated.

Stocker and Kogler Congratulate Sister Party After German Election

ÖVP chairman Christian Stocker warmly congratulated the election winner, the conservative Union CDU/CSU. CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz was able to score with both clear content and a consistent bourgeois-conservative policy, Stocker said in a statement. In the AfD's performance, ÖVP General Secretary Alexander Pröll saw the "bitter pill that unfortunately, a strengthening of radical forces can also be observed in Germany." However, it has been seen in Austria "that the election victory of a far-right party does not mean that it is seriously interested in co-governing."

The Green federal spokesperson Werner Kogler praised that the Green sister party in Germany " - as the only one of the three coalition partners of the German government - was able to achieve a respectable and commendable result." Despite the "strong headwinds, disinformation campaigns, and cyberattacks from Russia," the Greens held their ground and largely maintained their result, Kogler emphasized on the online platform Bluesky.

(APA/Red)

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