Kickl unpacks: This is how the ÖVP really works in the ministries!

Kickl unpacks: This is how the ÖVP really works in the ministries!

FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl recently published an insightful video on Facebook in which he discussed the negotiations with the ÖVP. In the video, which was broadcast on Wednesday morning, Kickl criticizes the ÖVP for the stalled talks on the division of ministries since the beginning of February 2025. “That is the real reason why we have been negotiating about ministries since the beginning of February,” explains Kickl, sitting in a shirt and jacket without a tie in front of a background with the inscription “Always loyal to Austria”. He accuses the ÖVP of having prioritized the distribution of departments from the start before essential substantive points could be addressed, and makes it clear that other claims made by the population are not true oe24.at reported.

On Tuesday, Kickl and ÖVP leader Christian Stocker went their separate ways after just 20 minutes of negotiations. But the ÖVP did not give up and presented a new offer: the Freedom Party should have its own asylum and migration ministry, which should be separated from the Interior Ministry. This offer came across as a “coalition hammer” and could revive negotiations. Kickl commented on this and confirmed that the initiative to divide up ministries came from the ÖVP. “We first wanted to clarify the contentious points, while the ÖVP demanded that the departments be regulated first,” Kickl added, underlining the FPÖ’s position in this deadlocked negotiation situation today.at also holds.