Change politics: Burgenland will choose the new course on December 3!

Change politics: Burgenland will choose the new course on December 3!

Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Österreich - The political landscape in Burgenland faces explosive changes. On December 3, 2025, 226,752 Burgenländer will be elected to choose a new state parliament. With this choice, Karl Stix's era of the SPÖ could come to an end, which raises many questions: Does a black and blue coalition come to Burgenland? Will the ÖVP come back to the throne of the governor after 36 years? Or do the Greens make it to the state parliament for the first time?

political alliances on the test bench

In the run-up to this crucial choice, former politicians comment on the current situation: Helmut Bieler, long-time SPÖ Finance Council, expresses his skepticism about the green-red coalition and says that it is difficult to shape serious politics with just two Green mandates. His colleague Karl Kaplan, who was active under Governor Stix as an economic state council, wishes a coalition with the ÖVP and emphasizes the challenges that collaboration with the Greens brings. Both agree that the possibility of an FPÖ-ÖVP coalition at federal level is realistic and that Herbert Kickl has to be accepted as a Federal Chancellor if the corresponding majorities appear in elections, as burgenland.orf reports.

With the end of the SPÖ-ÖVP coalition that has existed since 1991, fundamental changes in Burgenländer politics could be imminent. Bieler combines his hope with the appeal that a decent program must be set up to guarantee successful cooperation. Whether this is also in the interests of the voters will only be shown after the elections when the votes are counted, as well as derStandard.at . The outcome of this choice will be decisive for the future of the Burgenland.