After a month -long hanging game in Austria, a three -all alliance could now form the government. ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS negotiate again. President Van der Bellen had previously talked to the parties in the conscience.
In Austria, a triple coalition from the conservative ÖVP, the social democratic SPÖ and the liberal Neos are emerging. The parties announced that the talks were still ongoing. You want to inform the current status in the evening.
Observers had previously assumed that the party leader could discuss the formation of a government coalition during the day with Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen.
Reminder of Federal President Van der Bellen
Accordingly, ÖVP boss Christian Stocker, SPÖ boss Andreas Babler and the chairwoman of the Neos, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, should talk to the head of state in the Hofburg. Van der Bellen had previously appealed to their willingness to compromise.
“I would like to remind all parties again that 'compromise' is another word for a common solution,” said Federal President Van der Bellen in a statement. The tops from ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS announced that they would take his words seriously.
String for concept for the federal budget
For some time now, intensive discussions have been running between the conservatives and the social democrats behind closed doors, most recently also with the liberals. In essence, it was about how the household should be renovated to prevent the EU deficit procedure. The topic was also the distribution of the ministries. In the event of an agreement, ÖVP boss Stocker is likely to become the new Chancellor.
After the parliamentary election in September, the first coalition talks between the ÖVP and SPÖ and the NEOS failed in January. This was followed by negotiations by the right FPÖ with the ÖVP, which also burst.
FPÖ emerged as the election winner
The right -wing populist FPÖ with its boss Herbert Kickl had won the most votes in the election with almost 29 percent, before the ÖVP with 26.3 and the SPÖ with a good 21 percent. The NEOS accounted for 9.1 and 8.2 percent.
The ÖVP and the SPÖ alone would only come together in a voice majority in the National Council, together with the Neos they would have 110 out of 183 parliamentary seats.
