Kickl Will Remain FPÖ Leader: Re-election Date on June 14
Kickl is currently considered undisputed within his party. Although the FPÖ became the strongest party in last year's national election with 28.25 percent, coalition talks with the ÖVP failed, which is why the Freedom Party remained in opposition.
Kickl took over the reins of the Freedom Party from Norbert Hofer in the summer of 2021, and at that time he was elected as the 14th federal party chairman of the Freedom Party with 88.24 percent. A year later, Kickl was confirmed as party leader with 91 percent in St. Pölten. The federal party executive board of the FPÖ has now unanimously nominated Kickl as a candidate for the election of the federal party chairman, on the proposal of the Vienna FPÖ state party chairman Dominik Nepp, it was said after the meeting.
The major event with around 800 delegates will take place in the ice rink in Kitzbühel. It is only the second party conference of the Blues in Tyrol. In 1986, in Innsbruck, Jörg Haider, whom Kickl often cites as a role model, overthrew the then chairman and vice-chancellor Norbert Steger. However, the event is not supposed to have any symbolic significance, according to reports. Rather, the FPÖ wants to show increased presence in the western federal states.
Kickl stands for re-election in Kitzbühel on June 14
"I thank you for the trust placed in me and look forward to the federal party conference in Kitzbühel. It was important to all of us that the events do not only take place in the eastern region, but that we also come to regions where large political events do not often take place," Kickl was quoted in a press release. He associates the "promised land" with good memories. The last Tyrolean state election in 2022 marked the beginning of a "blue wave of success."
Also unanimously, the National Council member and employee of the "FPÖ media house" Lisa Schuch-Gubik was elected as the federal press spokesperson of the FPÖ by the FPÖ federal party executive board.
(APA/Red)
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