In Austria, an agreement between conservatives, liberals and social democrats for a pro-European government-Liberation
Negotiations will have lasted for almost five months. The Austrian Conservative Party ÖVP announced this Thursday, February 27, having reached an agreement with the Social Democrats and the Liberals to govern, after the failure of the negotiations led by the extreme right, arrived at the top of the September elections. « In the past few days, a common program has been carried out tirelessly » and it will be presented today « , Christan Store in a press release.
The right, the left and the Liberals announced Saturday resuming the discussions after the failure of the extreme right to form a government, putting aside their disagreements before geopolitical acceleration. The President of the Republic of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, had then insisted on the need for this neutral country, member of the European Union (EU), to quickly find a compromise, due to the transatlantic link that has become « Fragile in a few weeks ». This agreement thus allows Austria to stay in the Pro-European camp, united with Brussels in front of the American administration.
The announcement of store is the last episode of an unprecedented soap opera. The country has never experienced so long negotiations since the post-war period. During the legislative elections at the end of September, the FPö, The far -right party led by Herbert Kickl, was Arrived for the first time in the lead With almost 29 % of the vote. But the ÖVP conservatives first tried to form a coalition against him with the left and the liberals until the beginning of January. Without succeeding in finding a compromise.
They had then stretched out their enemy, but tensions quickly flushed and negotiations also failed, especially because the extreme right wanted to give a Eurosceptic turn to the country. Tens of thousands of demonstrators had gathered in recent weeks in Vienna to defend fundamental rights, threatened according to them by the FPö.
« Many things have evolved since January »said the head of the Liberals Beate Meinl-Reisinger, who had slammed the door to negotiations before. « The geopolitical situation has changed considerably » And « We have a duty to offer stability » To the worried Austrians, she said. The fears are growing on the consequences of the current blockage for the economy, this country prosperous by 9.2 million inhabitants is in bad pass which still have not voted on a budget for 2025.
