Wiener Neustadt: Excitement Over Protest Before City Council Elections

A day before the municipal elections in Lower Austria, activists are believed to have reached the balcony of the town hall in Wiener Neustadt and hung a banner against Mayor Klaus Schneeberger (ÖVP).

Arrests at Protest in Wiener Neustadt Before Municipal Elections

The police confirmed to APA upon request that there was an operation due to an unregistered rally. Three people were temporarily arrested for identification. The city spoke of "masked activists" who had "barricaded the balcony doors from the outside". Schneeberger was annoyed: "Anyone who takes control of the highest symbol of our democracy in the city of Wiener Neustadt, our town hall, on the day before the municipal election, is directly attacking the city and its people," he said. Despite all differences of opinion, this goes too far. He called on the people of Lower Austria to set a "sign for democracy and freedom of speech" in the election, "but against vandalism, lawbreakers, property damage and masked demonstrators".

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