“Neither in style nor in format did this speech correspond to a head of government – no Chancellor speaks like that on a national holiday!” criticized FPÖ General Secretary NAbg today. Christian Hafenecker, MA yesterday’s speech by ÖVP Chancellor Nehammer, who gave the impression of being “somewhat radicalized”. In addition, it was “largely reminiscent of an election campaign speech”.
“Nehammer made a particularly deep impression by completely ignoring the actual reason for the national holiday. He didn’t even mention the perpetual neutrality, which was passed as a federal constitutional law on October 26, 1955, with a single syllable. In doing so, he brought his contempt for this foundation for our freedom, our sovereignty, our prosperity, our security and peace to a new sad low, after he had already defamed neutrality as ‘imposed’ and in general with his wrong EU and NATO-dependent policies has undermined it,” says Hafenecker.
In addition, Nehammer’s attempt to use the term “defensive democracy” resembles a “pure phrase”: “In a democracy, the people are the sovereign who express their will in elections – the heart of every democratic state. Almost a month ago, the population made their clear declaration of their will about who should be at the head of the next government and made the FPÖ with Herbert Kickl the strongest political force and the election winner, while they trusted the other political forces with more than clear losses has withdrawn. To what extent someone like ÖVP boss Nehammer, who ignores the will of the voters and chooses the path of an Austro-loser traffic light as a ‘kickl-prevention construct’ to maintain his chancellorship, is credible, even if he repeatedly emphasizes the meaning of one in a speech emphasizing defensive democracy remains questionable.”
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