Bence Bauer, director of the Hungarian-German Institute of the Matthias Corvinus Collegium, said that the current Austrian government would hardly complete its five-year term. For InfosartIn response to the fact that Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen entrusted the formation of the government not to Herbert Kickl, head of the Freedom Party of Austria, but to former Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who led the coalition of the People's Party and the Greens.
The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won the largest number of votes in the Austrian National Assembly elections held at the end of September. Despite the victory, they did not obtain an absolute majority. After long negotiations, Austrian President Karl Nehammer called for the formation of the government.
“Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen tasked not Herbert Kickl, head of the Freedom Party of Austria, with forming the government, but former Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who led the coalition of the People's Party and the Greens. This is special because although the Freedom Party won the elections, it did not He has a parliamentary majority, and the other parties have declared that they do not want to govern with the Freedom Party. Karl Nehammer, on the other hand, can count on the Social Democrats and Liberals to support his candidacy, so he can stay on as chancellor, Bauer-Pence said. The Austrian President confirmed His right to freedom of decision in this regard.
However, according to the expert, this step may strengthen the Freedom Party.
“Now a tripartite coalition can be formed with the People's Party, the Social Democrats and the liberal NEOS party; I certainly would not give five years to this unstable tripartite cooperation involving three very different parties, where the parties have internal problems, and this can be said especially in the case of the Social Democrats.” . Director of the Hungarian-German Institute of Matthias Corvinus College.
Infosart noted that the Austrian People's Party and the Social Democratic Party of Austria together would only have a one-term majority in the National Council, so the participation of a third party may also be necessary to obtain a stable majority.
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