Coalition crisis during the start: FPÖ and ÖVP fight for ministries!

Coalition crisis during the start: FPÖ and ÖVP fight for ministries!

Österreich - The coalition negotiations between the FPÖ and the ÖVP are in a decisive phase and the tensions are noticeable. After an intensive exchange about the division of department, FPÖ boss Herbert Kickl presented a revised offer to the ÖVP on February 11, which, among other things, provides for the Interior and Finance Ministry for Freedom. In a new Facebook post on February 12, Kickl made it clear that the FPÖ wants to claim six ministries in a possible blue-turquoise government, including the Ministry of Labor, which includes all concerns of integration, as well as a department for health, sport and tourism. In return, the ÖVP would be entitled to seven ministries, including important areas such as business, transport and foreign policy, which would mean a strong weight in future government work. So the 5min .

The negotiations between the two parties have deepened their complexity in 13 thematic subgroups that started on Monday. Topics range from internal security to control and finance. There are about ten negotiators at each table - five of each camp. For the FPÖ, the main negotiators are general secretary Christian Hafenecker, who supervises both the infrastructure sector as well as art, culture and the media. Together with the ÖVP, these groups work on the design of future policies and an associated government program. Especially in the group internal security, a stricter course in relation to asylum procedures has been discussed, which has brought both parties closer together in their views, as After the successful completion of the budget with a savings program of 6.4 billion euros to avert an EU deficit procedure, the well-being and woe of a joint government program are now on the brink. While the negotiations continue to intensify, it remains to be seen whether the efforts between FPÖ and ÖVP will actually be successful or whether other asymmetrical demands are still complicated. The eyes of the public are inevitably focused on the upcoming results, while both parties are trying to successfully enforce their positions.