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.
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.
I feel like there wasn’t any need for clarification, my comment already explained how they failed.
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.