A "technical error" overshadows the start of the new SPÖ chairman. Even if the electoral glitch has now been resolved, it will have major consequences.

It is not only in Austria that people laugh (and cry) about this farce. Internally, fierce rumours are already being spread in the SPÚ. The party is divided into two or three camps, which were already suspicious of each other. The election campaign would be like the Olympic hundred-meter race starting while an athlete is still injured on the ground.