Coalition crisis: ÖVP breaks negotiations with SPÖ without a solution!

Coalition crisis: ÖVP breaks negotiations with SPÖ without a solution!

Österreich - The government negotiations between the ÖVP and the SPÖ failed abruptly on Saturday evening. ÖVP boss Karl Nehammer announced that the talks ended. According to the SPÖ, they were still ready to reach a coalition agreement, but the ÖVP did not see itself able to leave scope for negotiations. SPÖ boss Andreas Babler expressed that the ÖVP had not shown any willingness, and made it clear that the conversations have come to an end, such as reported.

The failure of the talks is also accompanied by an internal power struggle within the ÖVP. Nehammer has signaled that he does not see any scope in the negotiations in terms of content because movement is not desirable by his party. A contract without the contribution of all social segments emphasizes the SPÖ is unacceptable for them, while the ÖVP considers adhering to new taxes of the SPÖ as intolerable. These tensions led to the fact that the negotiating circles were already foreseeable on Saturday, as orf reported.

The future of government formation

The pressure on the recording and brare is immense, since Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen expects a rapid government formation and requested a process without a time delay. The ÖVP has started looking for alternatives, which has fueled speculation about possible new leaders such as ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz or Minister of the Constitution Karoline Edtstadler. However, these options come with the FPÖ at a strategically difficult moment for the ÖVP, which has excluded. According to the ORF, a two -all -round alliance between the ÖVP and SPÖ could now represent the most likely variant, even if the negotiations have so far stagnated.

The reactions to the termination of the coalition talks are differentiated. According to his own statement, Nehammer wants to capture constructive forces, while Babler Neos' sudden retreat accused a party tactical decision. This indicates that the negotiation for formal government formation is not only shaped by differences in content, but also by internal power games and strategic decisions that both make both parties with massive challenges.