Political earthquake in Austria: ÖVP and FPÖ before new alliances!

Political earthquake in Austria: ÖVP and FPÖ before new alliances!

A dramatic turn in Austrian politics: After long negotiations between the ÖVP, SPÖ and Neos, the desired triple coalition finally failed at the weekend. The party leaders originally hoped for an agreement in the Federal Chancellery, but the talks were in vain. Beate Meinl-Reisinger, the head of the NEOS, surprisingly announced her party's withdrawal from the negotiations and criticized the ÖVP and SPÖ for its inability to carry out real reforms. The comfortable majority in the National Council shrank to just one seat, which the SPÖ put into a shock rigid, as reported.

In the following time, the SPÖ was confronted with internal conflicts. Party leader Andreas Babler initially showed the will to cancel the negotiations with the ÖVP and act again as an opposition. But the pressure from the ranks of the SPÖ grew up. Ultimately, BALLER said: "Our hand remains stretched out." In the meantime, rumors could be distributed on a possible comeback by ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on the ÖVP board, which soon turned out to be unfounded. After the negotiating table was cleared on Saturday evening, the ÖVP reported that it no longer wanted to negotiate with the SPÖ. In its opinion, the SPÖ was not ready to move away from its demands, which continued to escalate the situation, as Noen

Political turbulence and shift in power

The ÖVP subsequently faces a tear test: party leader Karl Nehammer, who always emphasized that he was opposed to cooperation with the FPÖ, was apparently under pressure by the economic interests within his party. Nehammer resigned on Sunday and Christian Stocker, a critic of the collaboration with the FPÖ, took over the party leadership interim. The political landscape could therefore change decisively, since the ÖVP may now have to act in a new coalition under a Chancellor Herbert Kickl, which would mean a drastic change of direction. These developments show how quickly the balance of power in Austrian politics can change, as readers at Kleine Zeitung