Stocker: “With every new toxic tirade, Herbert Kickl proves that he is a security risk for our country”

“With every new toxic tirade, Herbert Kickl proves that he is a security risk for our country. Instead of reflecting and thinking about why no one outside the inner circle of his own party wants to work with him, he fantasizes about an evil, global plot by dark forces whose primary goal is to prevent the advancement of Herbert Kickl in small Austria . Apart from the fact that this idea alone is hard to beat in terms of ridiculousness, it is so much simpler: Kickl apparently still hasn’t understood what others learned in kindergarten: with constant attacks below the belt, absurd conspiracy myths and frightening, radical ideas “You don’t find any partners and you end up alone,” says the general secretary of the People’s Party, Christian Stocker, in response to the FPÖ party leader’s recent absurd attacks.

“There is a lot at stake in the National Council election in the fall. Because Chancellor Nehammer and Herbert Kickl symbolize two completely different visions of the future. Chancellor Nehammer stands for stability – Herbert Kickl stands for radical chaos. Our Chancellor’s Austria plan with a focus on family, security and performance aims to further improve the many good things that make up our country. Meanwhile, the FPÖ is fantasizing about leaving the EU, wants to tie Austria as closely as possible to Putin’s regime in Moscow and push forward an authoritarian restructuring of the state based on the Hungarian model,” Stocker continues, who concludes by emphasizing: “A politician like Herbert Kickl, who… Party event allows its supporters to sharpen their knives, knowing full well the underlying meaning of this approach, has long since left the ground of liberal democracy. The fact that Herbert Kickl, as the top knife sharpener, also wants to position himself as a protector against knife crime, tops it all off.”