Summary
Austria’s conservative ÖVP, center-left SPÖ, and liberal Neos have formed a coalition after five months of deadlock, blocking the far-right FPÖ from power despite its election victory.
Christian Stocker (ÖVP) will be chancellor, with Andreas Babler (SPÖ) as vice chancellor. The deal includes a seven-year budget plan, targeted tax relief, and social spending.
Migration policy balances security with integration, abandoning FPÖ’s hard-line stance.
The government reaffirms EU commitments, support for Ukraine, and neutrality on NATO while backing EU enlargement in the Western Balkans.
Wow a crazy lack of actual Austrians in this thread by the looks of it.
Let’s not be mistaken. The ÖVP/SPÖ/NEOs are a bunch of bastards.
We wasted so much time to form this government and in the end they still won’t deliver.
No protection of social security, no gains in climate protection. No fix to high rents (Building more flats in a country that already has one of the highest levels of land sealing is not a solution but actually will just pour oil into the fire) Just more of the ÖVP Bullshit we already have to endure for 36+ Years. We desperately need cutting reforms in many areas but sure as hell this government will not deliver it.At least we don’t have to listen to the Volkskanzler constantly.
Congratulations to Dara Ó Briain for becoming chancellor!
I don’t get it.
Edit: oh, because he looks like Dara. If you soaked him in the tub for a few days.
Good, now lock them up.
This is literally the only humane way to keep everyone safe.
Ah funny play on words, but on a more serious note the far right still won the elections. They simply failed to gain the trust of any other party with which to form a majority coalition.
Removing them and sending them away is still a bit of an uphill battle as it stands.
No.
Getting enough monsters and idiots vote for them is still a bad thing, but that doesn’t mean they won.
“Winning the elections” isn’t being the single force that got the most votes individually.
That’s first-past-the-post bullshit like they have in the US.Those who win an election in a parliamentary government are those who can form a government.
Hey my little armchair politician. Winning an election in Austria means shit all when it comes to forming a government. That is done on presidential orders.
The FPÖ nonetheless won the public vote. They are the largest faction in parliament and are very well used to being in the opposition.
I feel like there wasn’t any need for clarification, my comment already explained how they failed.
