The state party conference of the ÖVP Upper Austria will take place on Friday afternoon. It should be the start of the election campaign. A head-to-head race with the FPÖ awaits there.
Linz. On Friday, the Upper Austrian ÖVP unofficially opened the state election campaign for next year. The state party conference of the People’s Party begins in Linz at 2 p.m. The motto: “Our strength, our commitment to Upper Austria”. In his speech, state governor and state party leader Thomas Stelzer will also clearly differentiate himself from his coalition partner, Manfred Haimbuchner’s FPÖ. Because it doesn’t matter who runs the country. “It takes seriousness. Politics is serious business,” says ÖVP state manager Florian Hiegelsberger. According to surveys, a neck-and-neck race between the ÖVP and FPÖ is expected in the 2027 state elections.
By the way, August Wöginger, deputy to state party leader Stelzer, will not be at the Upper Austrian state party conference. At the same time, he is hearing the closing arguments in his own trial at the Linz Regional Court. Instead of Wöginger, Economics Minister Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer is elected as Stelzer’s deputy. (oli)
