Austria's new government: Historical triple coalition faces challenges!

Austria's new government: Historical triple coalition faces challenges!

Villach, Österreich - After months of negotiations, the conservative ÖVP, the Social Democratic SPÖ and the liberal Neos agreed on a triple coalition. This was announced by a spokesman for the ÖVP. The government program bears the title "Now do the right thing. For Austria" and should come into force on Monday with the swearing -in of the new government on Monday, provided NEOS receive the consent of their party base on Sunday, so sueddeutsche.de .

The agreement came about after a long hanging game - with about 150 days it never took a government to form a government in Austria. Christian Stocker will take over the management of the new government as a chancellor, while SPÖ boss Andreas Babler will hold the position of the Vice Chancellor. Beate Meinl-Reisinger from the Neos is expected to take over the Foreign Ministry. Under the pressure of challenges such as inflation and budget deficit, the parties have announced measures in the areas of asylum and integration, including a temporary stop of relatives and tightened sanction measures against rejected asylum seekers. This reports oe24.at .

With this government alliance, the right -wing extremist FPÖ is to be kept away from power. The coalition takes steps to combat religious extremism and underlines its EU and Ukraine support, which is a clear counterpoint to the views of the FPÖ. The government program also provides for the implementation of a mandatory integration program for migrants and plans a revised handling of less than 14 years of wearing headscarves. According to Stocker, the new government will have to face several historical challenges, and it is emphasized that the interests of the country must be put on the party political issues.