The Vienna NEOS received support at the campaign launch for the Vienna election from federal politicians. Party leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger highlighted the successes of the NEOS since their founding 13 years ago and expressed confidence that the party will be represented in the next coalition in Vienna.

Meinl-Reisinger at NEOS Campaign Launch: "Nobody Knew Me in 2015 Either"

In the city government of the federal capital, they will "continue what we have started." The fact that the top candidate Selma Arapović, who stepped in due to the transition of state party leader Christoph Wiederkehr to the federal government, is not well known is not a hindrance, emphasized Meinl-Reisinger. "Nobody knew me in 2015 either, but now people know me," said the then state leader, and Wiederkehr was also unknown before the 2020 election. "This is a team effort," said the party leader.

They hope for a tailwind for the Vienna campaign due to the party's increased significance through their first entry into the federal government. Being the Minister of Education now is a "huge advantage," said Wiederkehr. Because now they can "go hand in hand with the federal and city government" to jointly master the catch-up race in education. In Vienna, they have been the "engine for change" over the past five years and want to remain so in the future.

NEOS Election Goals: Continue Governing and Gain in Vienna Election

The NEOS have "implemented almost everything" they set out to do five years ago, said his successor as Deputy Mayor Bettina Emmerling, and set two election goals: continue governing and achieve a gain over the previous result. "We achieve a gain not despite governing in a crisis, but because we governed in a crisis," she said.

Because they solve problems, according to the "narrative" that state manager Philipp Kern also gave to the pink officials for the campaign. Under the motto "Quite Honestly," it should be emphasized that the NEOS do their work persistently, without big show, without scandals, and at the same time openly address problems - such as in integration. They want to differentiate themselves from the Greens by accusing them of "show politics." They accuse the ÖVP of having "not much left of bourgeois values" and that their campaign "does the business of the FPÖ."

The pink top candidate emphasized her passion for the pink core issue of education, as a "path to a self-determined life." Also important is integration in the form of participation, diversity, and good coexistence with a common language - German, said Arapović.

(APA/Red)

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