Salzburg's political duo: peace after the storm of outrage!

Salzburg's political duo: peace after the storm of outrage!

Flachau, Österreich - in Salzburg there was an unexpected political showdown on Monday when constitutional minister Karoline Edtstadler announced her return to state politics and is to become the new governor. This caused unrest within the black and blue coalition, since the freedoms under the leadership of state vice Marlene Svazek expressed disagreements. Svazek emphasized in a press statement that Edtstadler was never democratically legitimized and made it clear that she had preferred to work with the current governor Haslauer. Despite its critical comments, the coalition agreed on a "conditioned yes", so that the collaboration is secured for the time being, as reported on .

But political explosiveness seemed to be forgotten on Tuesday when Edtstadler and Svazek appeared to be uniformly performed by the women's night slalom in the Flachau. They posed for pictures on Instagram, while the atmosphere looked relaxed and happy - very different from the tense situation of the previous day. This "hut fun", as they called it herself, underlined how quickly the waves can smooth themselves, even if political reality gives nothing to the harmony. During a video, the two politicians laughed at the events of the Monday by "exporting the claws". The interest in the pictures and the sudden change of mood were very well received by the users of Today.at

The close connection between Edtstadler and Svazek will be put to the test in the coming months, as their official cooperation only begins in July. At the moment, the coalition is under a constant tension between political seriousness and social cooperation, which makes the dynamics within Salzburg state politics remarkably exciting.