Vienna election 2025: SPÖ under pressure-does the strategy have to rewrite now?
Vienna election 2025: SPÖ under pressure-does the strategy have to rewrite now?
Wien, Österreich - The Vienna City Guarantee has passed the Vienna election in 2025 to April 27 to enable a stable government as quickly as possible. Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) and Vice Mayor Christoph Return (NEOS) emphasized in an online statement that a month-long election campaign is not in the interest of Viennese. After four years of joint government work, the open projects are to be implemented in the usual cooperation until the election. Ludwig said: "We need stable conditions and not months of election campaign", as can be seen in an archive report by the town hall correspondence of January 17, 2025.
However, the SPÖ faces challenges in the course of the election campaign. Analyst Filzmaier noted in an interview with "Vienna today" that the party is less than 40 percent in surveys, which significantly impairs its earlier level of 42 percent in 2020 elections. This is partially attributed to various crises, such as the inflation due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and rising energy prices. Ludwig has announced that it will use more security forces to public transport in order to accommodate the security concerns of citizens. The SPÖ must adapt its campaign strategy and take the exaggerated critical safety presentation by the FPÖ and ÖVP seriously.a new strategy for the SPÖ
The SPÖ faces the challenge of changing its strategy because it is now part of the federal government. This requires a tightrope walk between dealing with security fear and the attitude of the opposition parties. In addition, Christoph Return's early departure as the top candidate of the NEOS is considered a disadvantage for their chances of success. NEOS is now relating to a new double tip with Bettina Emmerling and Selma Arapovic, which are less well known and thus reduce the chances of a strong election outcome.
The situation is therefore tense: While the city government has to try to offer stability in uncertain times, the SPÖ threatens falling values and the need to reposition itself. The upcoming choice will be a trend -setting event for future politics in Vienna, at a time when many uncertainties prevail, as is also made clear in the reports of ORF and the town hall correspondence.
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