Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen promised to make an announcement on Wednesday about who he would appoint to form the government. It is known that general elections were held in Austria on the last Sunday of September, in which the far-right opposition Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) unexpectedly won by a large margin. As the winner, the party led by Herbert Kickl claims the right to form the government, but a potential coalition partner is not on the “political horizon” at the moment.
Under these circumstances, the key to resolving the situation fell into the hands of the head of state, and although according to customary law, Herbert Kickl “should” be entrusted with forming the government, the other parties made it clear that Keckel could not. Become a consultant. After that, the head of state found himself in a situation where he saw no better solution than to oblige the Freedom Party, the Austrian People's Party and the left-wing Socialist Socialist Party to “negotiate a deadline.”
Kickl has previously stated that he is open to negotiations and government cooperation with the ÖVP, but based on the reactions so far, this may come at the expense of his personal political ambitions, because as a candidate for chancellor, the ÖVP – and its leader, then-Chancellor Karl Nehammer – do not support the extremist leader of the ÖVP. right.
On Tuesday, the head of state negotiated with two small parties, after which he described the situation as “excellent” and is very optimistic that there will be a way out of the impasse.
We previously wrote here about the likely outcome of the negotiations.
