Marterbauer: SPAR package ensures upswing and hard times!

Marterbauer: SPAR package ensures upswing and hard times!

In the current political surveys in Austria, a remarkable rise of SPÖ finance minister Markus Marterbauer shows. According to the political barometer of OE24 he wins a whopping 13 %points and is now one of the most popular politicians in the country. Marterbauer announced the toughest savings package of all time, which he underpins with the forecast of "two hard years" for the population.

The survey, carried out by the Lazarsfeld Society for OE24, comprises 1,000 respondents who were able to express their opinions between 7 and 8, 2025. In this context, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen also received 31 % positive reviews, but he also faces 31 % negative, which leads to a balanced balance of 0.

ranking of politicians

Marterbauer currently has a positive rating of 23 %, which corresponds to an increase of 10 % compared to the previous month. This means that it is now 1 % in the balance, while Minister of Economics Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer has a balanced balance of 0 with 19 % positive and 19 % negative reviews. Most other federal politicians do less well. For example, SPÖ Women's Minister Eva-Maria Holzleitner and NEOS Minister of Education Christoph Wegen verses -3 %. In contrast, the evaluations of Justice Minister Anna Sporrer (-5 %) and Minister of Social Affairs Korinna Schumann (-7 %).

Chancellor Christian Stocker from the ÖVP has 27 % positive and 34 % negative ratings, which leads to a balance of -7 %. The situation is similar for Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger, who shows the same values. Vice Chancellor and SPÖ boss Andreas Babler comes to only 18 % positive and 41 % negative reviews, which makes him the worst rated politician in the survey -with a balance of -23 %. Herbert Kickl, the FPÖ boss, has 27 % positive and 44 % negative ratings, which gives him a balance of -17 %, while Werner Kogler, the outgoing Greens boss, performs with -21 %.

the context and the voters

The political context is characterized by increasing dissatisfaction with the government work of recent years, as found in a report by Contrast . This discomfort leads to a strengthening of the opposition parties and a growing interest of voters in alternative political measures. The next election of the National Council is planned for 2029, and the wishes and expectations of the population are already collected and analyzed.

In another survey on the claims to the new government, voters expressed the desire for taxes for super -rich (12 %) as well as more investments in health (9 %) and education (7 %). These results illustrate the pressure on politics to carry out reforms in order to meet the needs of citizens. A total of 42,876 votes were given, with the number of voters showing revealing tendencies in the political landscape.