[HIGHLIGHTS] Austria's leading culture debate: ÖVP receives criticism from the brass band association

Austria's leading culture debate: ÖVP receives criticism from the brass band association. Austria will elect a new parliament in the fall.

The FPÖ under its hard-right leader Herbert Kickl is currently at around 28 percent in the Austria Press Agency's election trend. The SPÖ with 22 percent and the ÖVP with around 20 percent. The Conservatives are the only party of the three that have lost support since January. The ÖVP Chancellor Karl Nehammer, in his “Austria Plan” for 2030, announced with PR fanfare, called for determining what the Alpine state's “leading culture” would be.