The parties are moving to a three -party government coalition, where the third attempt to form a government is in progress since September 29, 2024, when the elections won by the far -right Freedom Party (FPö) were held.
The center -right People’s Party (ÖVP), which finished second in the elections, was in negotiations with the third force, the Social Democratic Party (SPö) and reached an agreement today, the parliamentary majority of their coalition would be limited to one. With the aim of greater stability of the next government, the Neos Liberal Party has been involved in the negotiations for a few hours. Later tonight announcements are expected by the three leaders.
ÖVP, Spö and Neos first attempted to find a common place shortly after the election, but the negotiations between them collapsed, resulting in the second mandate to receive the leader of the Freedom Party, Herbert Kikl and launch exploratory talks with the People’s Party. . The red lines of ÖVP, mainly regarding the European orientation of the country and its commitment to the European Union, have also led to a collapse of this effort to return to the Popular Party and Social Democrats.
Under the pressure of time, budgetary problems and public opinion and with the far -right constantly reinforced in polls, the two parties agreed and even appeared for additional concessions in order for the government to participate and the Neos, who is expected to take over the ministries. Education and justice or foreign.
Earlier tonight, Federal President Alexander Van Der Belen, in a statement, reiterated his call to the parties “to embrace the spirit of compromise for the common good”. “A operating democracy requires the courage to defend his views, but also to find wisdom to find solutions through compromises,” the president said, implying that the negotiations were facing difficulties.
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