Journalist and expert Peter Pelinka announced Friday in a PULS 24 interview with Wolfgang Schiefer that media manager will publicly declare himself in the coming days. Zeiler is expected to address his future role within the party soon.
Pelinka described Zeiler as a working-class boy from Ottakring who maintains significant support among federal states and the federal party executive. An internal party discussion is scheduled to occur shortly as the SPÖ evaluates its current leadership.
The development comes as the SPÖ faces low polling numbers under current leader . Zeiler is slated to provide further details regarding his intentions during an upcoming interview with Conny Bischofberger in the Krone newspaper this Sunday.
