« The question of trust has been answered with yes » – Diepresse.com

The press: Mr. Babler, how do you rate the result in Vienna? According to the first forecast, it would have been the worst result so far. Now you are 40 percent. Is this a confidence of trust, as Michael Ludwig described it?

Andreas Babler: I think it’s an incredibly great success. It is not a matter of course to be confirmed by the population in a metropolis as a government party. And that is a lot related to top candidates. It is a question of trust whether you are satisfied with the mayor. That was clearly answered with yes. And at the same time, it is already a sum of factors: if, like a very young district leader (Stefanie Lamp, note) is in her election district for five years, there is a matter of modern urban planning. That plays together.

They also got involved in the election campaign every now and then, now last at the campaign ending event. But they didn’t speak there. Did you consciously hold back a bit, or why wasn’t there any performance planned?

Yes, because I think it is good that the Viennese top candidate speaks at a final rally of the Vienna Party. I didn’t stand directly for election, but I think I have visited more than half of the districts in the past few weeks, was very active and supported where I skillfully skillfully and fought solidarity.