
Nga Aladin Stafa
With two weeks to go until parliamentary elections in Austria, the run-ins of the largest political parties and their staffs are seen everywhere unfolding their respective programmes.
Austria is known for its cold society and almost completely distanced from the consequential politics of a quiet parliamentary life, where draft ideas and decisions are mostly heard, discussed and not harassed.
But of course, such a situation of well-being brings the system firmly consolidated in the tradition and political legacy of this country, that people vote free without fear of being counted, without fear of being indifferent to politics and what would happen to them in the next five years.
Although statistics show that Vienna continues to hold the top spot for several years as the capital with the best standard of living in the world, the electoral race between political parties appears to be focusing on some questions.
- What can be better?
What do you need to do to maintain this level?
It is clear that to go to success is easier than to maintain it. So to overcome this pressure even if every leader of the political parties running, he needs to present as many ideas with the not only promising belief in the people, so that they can return with their vote of confidence by convincing them that each of them, according to the work he does, is the right one.
And there are precisely eight political parties that will fill out the electoral roll, three of which are clearly seen as the most advantaged. Two of them could play the kingmaker, while the latter three are without any pretense.
The ruling party, other than the so-called centrist or blue force, with chancellor Karl Nehammer as its head, aims not only to continue their journey but also to his novitalization. The latter, a charismatic and serious figure running for the post for the first time, has been resigned by former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz a few years ago, shifting him from interior minister to leader of the country.
His agenda is clear: for a stable Austria. The last few years have been challenging, global crises like inflation and pandemics have been exhausting for people but it seems the Austrian executive has coped with success and now is the time to make the future more foreseeable.
Three appear to be the key points of the new political project of the majority force that governs the country: efficiency/effectiveness, family and security. Reforms and subsidies will be the mechanisms they have found to drive to victory.
The second party is the Social Democratic or so-called red party headed by Andreas Babler, who as the progressive left that tends to develop a policy closer to the people.
As Austria is a country with clear social policies, its program is based mostly on financial supports where progressive tax is expected to remain a fundamental pillar of the program.
Support for young people and respect for work reflected in wage increases for all those contributing to the development of the country will not be left aside.
Then there is another third political force but not important, where according to polls the first quota on the list is the populist Right or the so-called blues with Herbert Kickl leading.
He is a great politician for his quiet Austrian nature. His high and extremist tones in parliament have attracted attention as a voice against and against. His draft plan aims at a more closed Austria, distanced from European foreign policies or some sort of Orban model that Hungary has been forming and the "Elisium Isulli" which in Greek mythology was known as "Paradise".
Given all this, the preliminary picture offers us a strong and difficult foreseeable contest between these three main parties where they seem to be so far apart in their overall with the sole aim of a stable and stable Austria, strong and above all successful.
Kickl has come out against any kind of political coalition even if it needs it, but in politics we know that there is no coherence and for certain interests compromises and extending a hand to the opponent may be a golden opportunity to take power.
The final word will be the austrian or 'Austrian' vote, as otherwise called. On the penultimate date of this month, September 29, we will see what the final answer will be on who is expected to govern Austria for the next five years, despite the fact that calmness inherits tranquility.