In Tyrol, a week after the state elections, coalition negotiations between the ÖVP and SPÖ are becoming increasingly likely. VP boss Anton Mattle met Georg Dornauer at the Innsbruck mansion on Monday morning for a second, in-depth round of exploration. The committees meet in the afternoon and a decision is expected in the evening.
It was “another very good conversation”, SPÖ boss Dornauer said after the conversation. He will now inform and “discuss” his committee. The People’s Party will also deal with their bodies.
Mattle statement in the evening
In the afternoon, the black negotiating team or steering committee, consisting of state councilors Josef Geisler and Johannes Tratter, club president Jakob Wolf, MEPs Barbara Thaler and Mario Gerber from the Wirtschaftsbund also meet. Mattle will then make a statement in the evening, a party spokesperson said. The party chairman of the ÖVP had not yet commented in the morning. Dornauer and his co-negotiator, country manager Lukas Matt, were also silent, claiming only that the conversation had gone “positive”.
Greens made demands
The previous coalition partner of the ÖVP, the Greens, took stock on Sunday: the ÖVP had not yet “showed the necessary courage to change course in Tyrol”. Four environmental and socio-political concerns are crucial for the Greens to get into a possible three-party coalition: the exploration of alternatives to the Kaunertal power plant, glacier and climate protection, the transit solution at the Fernpass and the reduction of hours in care. Club president Gebi Mair made it clear to the APA that they were still in talks.
VP grandees for two-party coalition
Black and red has always been considered the most likely option. This also has to do with the fact that important ÖVP grandmasters had spoken out for it. In addition, this constellation has 21 mandates in the 36-member state parliament.
The three-way variants ÖVP/Greens/NEOS and ÖVP/List Fritz/NEOS, which are still under discussion, only have a narrow majority of 19 mandates. However, Mattle always emphasized that the ÖVP board had the power to investigate both a two-party coalition and a three-party variant.
Source: Krone
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