SPÖ Styria before changing personnel: Lercher could follow for a long time!

SPÖ Styria before changing personnel: Lercher could follow for a long time!

After the election defeat of the Styrian SPÖ on November 24, which led to the government formation of FPÖ and ÖVP, there are personnel changes in the Social Democrats. Anton Lang will announce his resignation as a party leadership, and Max Lercher could act as his successor in the role of opposition. Leobens Mayor Kurt Wallner, who had spoken out early for possible cooperation with the FPÖ, said before the state party executive meeting that he would like to unity and an open word. Wallner emphasized that a "critical and constructive opposition policy" was necessary instead of a "frontal opposition policy", so "https://stermark.orf.at/stories/3284096/"> Orf Styria .

on the way to the new opposition policy

Lercher, who was previously the state manager and federal manager of the SPÖ and was recently sitting in the National Council, has no mandate in the state parliament because he ran in the back of the list in the elections. In order to move into the state parliament, several party colleagues would have to do without their mandates, according to the reporting of Puls24 .

The session, in which, in addition to Lang and Lercher, important representatives of the SPÖ and mayor such as Harald Bergmann von Knittelfeld, could set the course for the future strategy of the SPÖ in Styria. In addition to Wallner, influential personalities such as the trade unionists Josef Muchitsch and Horst Schachner and the Graz municipal council club chairwoman Daniela Schlüsberberger are also present. The livestream of the press conference, which begins at 3:30 p.m., promises exciting insights into the upcoming changes within the Styrian SPÖ.