Austria remains record without a government for a long time. 130 days from the election

So far the longest Austria She remained without the office in 1962, when the negotiations lasted 129 days. After the failure of the conversations between the Austrian People's Party (OEVP), the Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sted) and the liberal Neos President Alexander Van der Bellen at the beginning of January entrusted the mission of creating the government to Herbert Kickl, leader .

Until now, and 130 days have passed since the election, the parties have not been able to reach an agreement. Issues related to tax policy and the budget act remain a contentious issue.

Due to the prolonged coalition talks in the Austrian media, at the beginning of the week there were reports that the negotiations were suspended, which was immediately denied by representatives of both FPOE and OEVP. In an official announcement, the people at the same time admitted that “conversations are in a difficult phase.”

Meanwhile, the leader of the Green Werner Kogler appealed to OEVP, Sted and Neos to return to talks to create a government without FPOOE. In interviews for newspapers “Presse” and “Oberoesterreichische Nachrichten” declared that such a office could count on the support of green and other opposition groups.

In the parliamentary election of September 29, 2024, the nationalist and pro -Russian FPOE won, which obtained 28.8 percent. votes. The ruling OEVP (26.3 percent) came in second, and the next – SPOE (21.1 percent), liberal Neos (New Austria and Liberal Forum; 9.2 percent) and Greens (8.3 percent).