ÖVP session in the Chancellery: Who will be Nehammer's successor?

ÖVP session in the Chancellery: Who will be Nehammer's successor?

Bundeskanzleramt, 1010 Wien, Österreich - Austria is in a political shock! After the abrupt resignation of Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who was announced with the SPÖ and the Neos after the failure of coalition negotiations, the signs are on change. The management of the conservative ÖVP will meet on Sunday in the Federal Chancellery to advise on the successor to Nehammer. He announced that he would strive for an orderly transition, but at least one decision about his successor could still stand, as the Krone reports.

Nehammer tried to form a coalition with his party to prevent the right -wing populist FPÖ, which dominated the last elections. However, the NEOs placed their contracts on ice, and the talks about a center government failed miserably due to different ideas for combating the stagnating economy and the budget crisis. There has been hardly any progress since the start of the negotiations in November, which increased the pressure on the conservative forces, such as "https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/oesterreich-koalitions-ovp-spoe-bbruch-zukun-ziml"> ZDF . The political landscape could now change drastically, since some in the ÖVP are considering a change in the direction of cooperation with the FPÖ.

Who takes the lead?

In the ÖVP, the successor is intensively discussed. Vorldy have determined politicians like ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz, despite continuously ongoing corruption investigations, and the largely unknown Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer as a potential successor. In addition, EU Minister Karoline Edtstadler is also considered a possible candidate, although she wanted to withdraw from top politics beforehand. However, if you ultimately take over the top, you will remain uncertain, while there is also a new election in the room that the FPÖ could give further boost.