In Austria, tense negotiations are underway to form a new parliamentary coalition after the recent elections that have brought significant changes in the country's political landscape. The focus was the right -wing party of freedom (FPO), which became one of the main players, receiving about 29% of the vote. These are the results that have caused concern among many politicians, especially in the context of Austrian foreign policy.
According to Reuters, President Alexander Van der Belllen has instructed to form a coalition of Chancellor Karl Negammer, the head of the center -center People's Party (OVP), which took second place in the elections.
To do this, he was instructed to negotiate with the Social Democrats, who took third place. To unite, they will need to overcome differences in a number of issues such as taxation of rich.
If this succeeds, they will have only one voice. Therefore, they may offer a smaller union, for example, a Liberal NEOS.
The President stated that "parliamentary elections are not a race in which the party that was the first to cross the finish line but did not gain 50%, automatically receives the right to form the government. If the party wants to manage the country on its own, it must overcome the barrier of 50%. ”
The FPO leader stated that it would be undemocratic to form a government without a representative of the winning party, and warned other parties from the formation of the "coalition of the defeated".
