Neos boss Meinl-Reisinger pulls the ripcord: coalition talks failed!

Neos boss Meinl-Reisinger pulls the ripcord: coalition talks failed!

In an unexpected political bang, the Neos boss, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, broke off the talks on a traffic light coalition with the ÖVP and SPÖ on Friday morning. In her statement, she emphasized the difficulties of the negotiations and explained that not only no progress was made in central questions, but "unfortunately only regulations". This led to the decision to end the talks. Meinl-Reisinger pointed out that the current negotiating strategy of the other two parties, especially with regard to the budget, is not viable and that a fundamental willingness to reform lack. The topics of federalism and health reform were also not sufficiently taken into account, as she noted. According to Meinl-Reisinger, this not only affects the NEOS, but also on the stability of the entire government, since they do not want to give responsibility, while their partners return to “further as before”. More on this reported Today.at .

After the sudden termination of the talks, SPÖ boss Andreas Babler, who guided responsibility for failure, commented on the NEOS. He explained that they did not accept that a compromise was necessary and that they focused on cuts in the case of already heavily loaded groups. BABLER confirmed that despite the difficulties in the budget situation, the SPÖ was ready to continue to take responsibility seriously - "our hand remains stretched out," said the party leader. Meanwhile, Chancellor Karl Nehammer received support from the ÖVP, which strengthened his back. Ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz is considered to be a possible returnee to politics should recover Nehammer. These political turbulence emphasize the need for clear reforms, as in the report of