Vienna chooses: KPÖ and left unites for a future worth living!

Vienna chooses: KPÖ and left unites for a future worth living!

Wien, Österreich - The upcoming elections in Vienna experience new dynamics through a strong alliance between the KPÖ and the party on the left. Barbara Urbanic, who has been a state spokeswoman for the KPÖ since the end of 2024, leads the alliance together with Angelika Adenamer, who is in second place and is a spokeswoman for the left. Both parties attacked the Vienna elections in 2020 and are currently active in 15 district representatives with a total of 23 mandates. Urbanic emphasized that it was important to bundle leftists in order to cause positive changes in the city. "In times like this, the commitment to a city worth living in Vienna is more important than ever," said Adenamer in a press conference.

election campaign and challenges

The cooperation between the KPÖ and links is strongly focused in the election on April 27. On the ballot paper, the alliance will appear under the short name KPÖ and in the long name as KPÖ and left - communist party in Austria and left Vienna. So that the parties can take part in the election, they need over 2,000 certified declarations of support that are already intensively working on. Urbanic reported that there has already been a big return of signatures and that many people have expressed their interest in joining the alliance, according to .

In addition to the political discussion, the city of Vienna is confronted with an urgent challenge: the climate crisis. Activists are calling for a radical change in climate policy geared towards reality. They emphasize that the current economic system, which is geared towards profit maximization, represents the main cause of environmental pollution. "We have to produce CO2-neutral and without profit orientation," demand the activists and emphasize the need to consistently implement the exit from fossil energies. The unequal distribution of the effects of the climate crisis is a central topic, whereby the rich people who contribute the most to the crisis suffer from the least suffer from their consequences, so left. .