New club chairman of the Greens: Prack sees opportunities in Vienna!

New club chairman of the Greens: Prack sees opportunities in Vienna!

Georg Prack has been introduced to office as the new club chairman of the Vienna Greens. In his inaugural speech on June 2, 2025, he made it clear that his goal was to make the Greens the “content -leading opposition party” in Vienna. He sees himself as a "constructive counterpart" for the new red-pink city government and thanked his predecessor, David Ellensohn, for his 15-year management of the Green City Hall Club. In addition, he thanked the two current city councilors, Judith Pühringer and Peter Kraus, for their commitment in the city government, but wants to bury the hope of a government participation of the Greens as a result of the agreement between SPÖ and NEOS who continue their cooperation.

in Vienna, the SPÖ continues to provide the party with the strongest votes after the municipal council election and has remained at the head of the political landscape since 1945. Mayor Michael Ludwig, who heads the SPÖ, has excluded a coalition with the Freedom Party (FPÖ). The ÖVP, the Greens and the NEOS come into question as possible coalition partners. All three parties have ruled together with the SPÖ in the past and are ready to act again in a junior role.

Current political situation and coalition talks

After the election, in which the SPÖ was able to achieve 39.4 percent of the votes and 43 mandates, exploratory talks were held with the Neos, Greens and the ÖVP. The NEOS are considered the most likely partners because the previous cooperation went without major problems and they have repeatedly expressed their willingness to continue the red-pink coalition. Despite slight losses in the election, the SPÖ sees itself as a clear winner alongside the second -placed FPÖ, which received 20.4 percent of the votes and over 22 mandates. In cooperation with the Greens, the SPÖ allows this constellation a comfortable majority of a total of 58 mandates in the municipal council.

The SPÖ state party board will announce decisions on the negotiations on the future city government on Monday. A corresponding press conference is scheduled for 12.30 p.m. in the club rooms of the SPÖ in the Vienna City Hall, in which the further course of the coalition talks and the final composition of the city government are to be announced.

Overall, the current situation in Vienna reflects a dynamic political landscape. While the SPÖ holds on its leadership, the role of the Greens and its influence in the future city government will be of crucial importance.

For more details: Kleine Zeitung, [Profile] (https://www.profil.at/oevesterreich/oevp-neos-oder-die-gruenen-wien-poe-Stadtvergung wien-wahl-2025- result-koalition-stadt/403033273), [Sn] (https://www.s.at/politik/spoe- koalition partner-177944473).