Nehammer announced on X that “an agreement with the SPÖ is impossible on key issues” and that “therefore we are ending negotiations with the SPÖ.”Keystone
Karl Nehammer announces his imminent resignation as chancellor and party chairman after negotiations to form a government failed.
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Austrian conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Saturday that he will step down as chancellor and president of his party “in the coming days”after ending negotiations with the Social Democrats to try to form the next government.
“After the breakdown of coalition negotiations, I (…) will step down as both chancellor and chairman of the People’s Party in the coming days and allow for an orderly transition”
Karl Nehammer, on X, more than three months after the legislative elections of September 29.
This unexpected decision comes the day after the decision of the liberal Neos party to withdraw from tripartite negotiations aimed at forming a centrist government. The aim was to sideline the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ, far right), which came first in the last legislative elections.
The FPÖ had gathered 28.8% of the votes but was unable to find allies to form a government.
The Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) came in second place with 26.3% of the vote, followed by the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ, center-left) with 21.1%.
Form a government
These results led Nehammer to initiate discussions with the SPÖ and Neos to form a government, but these three-party negotiations failed on Friday with the withdrawal of Neos.
-The two remaining centrist parties had said they wanted to continue the work. But on Saturday, Nehammer announced on X that “an agreement with the SPÖ is impossible on key issues” and that “therefore, we are ending negotiations with the SPÖ”.
On Friday, President Alexander Van der Bellen called on both parties to form a government “without delay”.
A coalition of three parties to form a government would have been a first since 1949 in Austria, where the economy is losing momentum while the public deficit is soaring.
The conservative chancellor had already warned that the coalition discussions, which began in October – initially without the liberals – promised to be difficult. (chl/ats)
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