Coalition negotiations: ÖVP and FPÖ will find their way back to old strength!

Coalition negotiations: ÖVP and FPÖ will find their way back to old strength!

on Thursday, after the coalition negotiations between the FPÖ and the ÖVP had stalled due to differences for the distribution of departments, the party leader Herbert Kickl and Christian Stocker announced that the talks will be continued immediately. Previous discussions took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Kickl and Stocker voting directly to Van der Balen to bring about an agreement. "The talks on the formation of a federal government will continue to be continued," Kickl confirmed the resumption of the negotiations, which he announced in a broadcast, while Stocker also spread this information via short message service X (formerly Twitter), such as vienna.at reported . It is remarkable that this approach between the two parties was previously shaped by violent public attacks. Christian Stocker accused Herbert Kickl during the election campaign of being a "right -wing extremist conspiracy theorist" and pointed out that the FPÖ is a "high risk" under Kickl's leadership. Kickl, who also rejected these allegations, spoke of "treason" in relation to the ÖVP. The last few months have been shaped by tensions of both party leaders, with the mutual allegations poisoning the political climate, so The press .

Now the fronts seem to be softened. While the ÖVP was initially strong against working with Kickl, economic considerations and the pressure of government formation seem to be changing. Kickl indicated that there were certainly overlap between the programs of the two parties and thus opened the door for a possible coalition that was previously considered almost impossible. This phrase could initiate a drastic change of course in Austrian politics after negotiations with the SPÖ had burst, which could increase the importance of the FPÖ for the ÖVP.