Pühringer cheers: Greens conquer Vienna with a strong election result!

Pühringer cheers: Greens conquer Vienna with a strong election result!

Wien, Österreich - On April 27, 2025, the Greens are happy about a remarkable result in the Vienna City Council election. Judith Pühringer, the top candidate of the Greens, is enthusiastic about the projections and describes the result as "fantastic". She explains that she was barely away from the best result in Vienna. The voters would have given her and her party a clear order to put green topics such as climate and social justice at the center of the political agenda. Pühringer plans to immediately conduct exploratory talks with the SPÖ to form a stable coalition.

Peter Kraus, Ko-State Party leader, describes the election result as historical and is "totally overwhelmed". He particularly emphasizes the mobilization of undecided during the election campaign and praises Pühringer's performance. The green struts to form a city government with the SPÖ before the summer, whereby topics such as living, climate and education should be in the foreground. David Ellensohn, green club chairman, is also satisfied with the trend forecast, but emphasizes that affordable living remains an important challenge for the future city government.

coalition talks and political future

In the coalition talks, possible partners already crystallize. Mayor Michael Ludwig from the SPÖ is seen as the election winner, and the Neos and the ÖVP are recommended as a coalition partner next to the Greens. The Neos, led by Vice Mayor Bettina Emmerling, would like to continue the existing "progress coalition" with the SPÖ and emphasize the success of their joint government work, especially in the field of education. The government monitor has an impressive implementation rate of 97 percent of the projects in the partnership with the SPÖ.

The Greens are ready to return to the government after four and a half years of opposition. Pühringer attaches great importance to topics such as affordable living and climate justice. The ÖVP, despite its own losses, also brings itself into the game and the top candidate Karl Mahrer explains the willingness to cooperate for a political center and social stability. Mayor Ludwig plans to conduct exploratory talks to form the government in the next few days. The aim is to establish a stable city and state government before summer.

key topics and outlook

At a meeting of the Green State board, Pühringer was nominated as top candidate. This decision is made at a time when the Greens urge to put important topics at the center of the political discussion. The Greens' party bodies will be will be expected next Monday, and an official message about the next steps will be expected in the course of the afternoon.

The mood within the Greens is optimistic and they firmly believe that they can form a stable majority in the local council. With the challenges such as the implementation of a vacancy tax for generation of financial resources, the new city government will be well advised to actively tackle the pressing socio -political and ecological topics.