"Political Martini": Tyrolean FPÖ with Political Broadside

This year's guest speaker was the Salzburg FPÖ Deputy Governor Marlene Svazek, who in her speech sharply criticized the black-red-pink federal government. "The federal government is hiding from the people," she accused Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS) of "war rhetoric."

The federal government is "off track" and only "afraid that there might be someone who does it better than them," said Svazek in her speech at the sold-out Volksspielhaus in front of around 360 FPÖ supporters. With Meinl-Reisinger, there is "of all people a woman who puts everything at risk" and "sells the republic." "In terms of security policy," she adopts a "questionable rhetoric" and engages in "foreign policy muscle-flexing."

Svazek also had no kind words for the SPÖ: "They present themselves as the last saviors of workers. But every worker finances what they spend." With the EU deficit procedure, Austria is being "gradually delivered to Brussels." The federal states are being "coerced" by the SPÖ in their budgets, which is "dishonest and insincere." In Salzburg - where Svazek is in coalition with the People's Party - the FPÖ has to clean up the "mess of the ÖVP." She also targeted the ÖVP's migration policy: Interior Minister Gerhard Karner "takes his work so seriously that he prefers to deport the illegals personally. It just takes a bit," the Salzburger joked in front of the attending blue Tyrolean political elite.

Abwerzger: "ÖVP has ruined this country", Looking towards state election

Abwerzger also saw the responsibility for the tight finances with the federal government or the ÖVP. "The ÖVP has ruined this country," he said. "The icing on the cake," however, was recently the Chamber of Commerce in the course of the discussion about salary increases in the chamber: "There stands Harald Mahrer (WKO President, note) as a jack-of-all-trades in domestic politics. He has more offices than hairs on his head." And the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Thaler, who as the "queen of the chamber bigwigs" has "increased her salary by 49 percent," is "already sawing at Mahrer's chair." Abwerzger, however, recommended to her: "If you had been self-critical, you would have withdrawn the increase and resigned."

The Tyrolean state party leader meanwhile rallied the audience for the state election in two years: "The freedom wave is rolling, rolling, rolling and in 2027 it will break. This will also be felt in the Landhaus." At the same time, he offered an excerpt of the freedom party's election program, starting with migration policy: "I don't want certain people in this country anymore," he stated with reference to the terrorist attack in Vienna five years ago. Abwerzger also referred to the "cityscape discussion" initiated by Germany's CDU Chancellor Friedrich Merz: "Yes, of course, the cityscape has changed. There are now more barbershops than beards in this country." He also addressed the unofficial motto of the evening - "queer": "There are only two genders." Homosexuality is "completely normal," but the topic has been "hijacked by a left-wing minority," he said.

Tenth Edition of the "Political Martini"

The "Political Martini" was held for the tenth time this year. FPÖ state party general secretary and member of the state parliament Patrick Haslwanter, who appeared in costume as "Aliengender" to poke fun at changing gender identities, acted as the "whip." With a video showing partly adventurous headlines but also actually printed headlines, Haslwanter wanted to demonstrate "how far truth and print are apart."

As the "host," the mayor of Kramsach and member of the state parliament Andreas Gang welcomed the "Martini" guests, who had traveled from the Tyrolean districts and South Tyrol, at the beginning of the official part. He also rallied the audience and the party for the upcoming Tyrolean election: "Markus, you can rely on a united party," he called in the direction of Abwerzger. He saw a future state governor Markus Abwerzger "set" after the state election in 2027.

(APA/Red)

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