"Original" HC Strache in the Vienna Election 2025: The Appearance is New, the Topics are Not
The former Vice Chancellor and FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache wants to score as the "original" in the Vienna election on April 27 and achieve entry into the municipal council or state parliament. At a press conference on Wednesday, he even considered an election result of 6 to 8 percent of the votes for his "Team HC Strache" possible. Thematically, they are focusing on classic blue topics such as security, migration, and social issues - but he can represent these much better than the FPÖ, according to Strache.
In the 2020 election, Strache failed with a 3.27 percent share of the vote at the five-percent hurdle. However, his list has since been represented in some district parliaments. Strache does not see the result of the last election as a burden - after all, he has already taken over a small party at around three percent and led it to success, he referred to the FPÖ.
"It's better to choose the original" - Strache does not see FPÖ as competition for Vienna election 2025
Strache does not see the Blues as opponents in the Vienna election - nor their current Vienna party chairman Dominik Nepp, although he did not hold back with jabs. "I am not running against him, but against the red omnipotence." However, the vote is better placed with him, Strache. "Because it is always better to choose the original. Dominik Nepp was my apprentice." Nepp, as a "representative of the Cottage district," also cannot appeal to certain classes. In contrast, he himself represents the people in Vienna-Floridsdorf and other large districts. "That is my battleground."
He wishes the FPÖ "a good result" - possibly they could achieve a constitutional blocking minority together after the Vienna election, according to Strache. But he can better represent the common content. "Who, if not I, is the credible representative of these contents?" He has already proven that he can make sharp and good opposition politics, but also government politics. "But I have also become older, more mature, and better."
Among other things, the Strache team is demanding a dedicated city councilor for security as well as a security watch to support the police, for example in subway stations. Additionally, Vienna's debt policy must come to an end.
"From Wine Tavern to Wine Tavern": Guest and Coffee Houses as Campaign Stages 2025
Unlike in 2020, when they ran in the election without a budget and posters, they will present themselves differently this time. "Of course, we need every cent and are dependent on loans, but we will have a campaign," said Strache. Nevertheless, a large part of the campaign will be conducted in guest and coffee houses. "I enjoy being outside and moving from wine tavern to wine tavern, while others sit in their ivory tower or office in the town hall."
Behind Strache, the first five list positions are filled by former municipal councilors Günter Kasal and Dietrich Kops, as well as district councilors Katharina Kovacevic and Thomas Neuhuber.
(APA/Red)
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