After Chancellor Nehammer resigned, the Federal President called the FPÖ leader and invited him to the Hofburg for talks on Monday. A blue-black coalition is getting closer.
The Federal President is not only involved in the current domestic political turbulence. Above all, if Chancellor Karl Nehammer is unable to form a stable (three-way) coalition in his mandate, he must take even more action now. And he does it in the usual way to save time. With conversations. And – Alexander van der Bellen opens the door for FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl.
“You think you’ve been through a lot.”
After the intensive hours of the ÖVP greats discussing Karl Nehammer’s successor, the head of state addressed the public. “If I have learned anything as president, it is that new situations always arise. You think you’ve been through a lot already.” You could be wrong. Karl Nehammer assured him, the president, yesterday that the transition would take place quietly. A new chancellor will be appointed in an interim government next week. Van der Bellen expressly thanked Nehammer for taking responsibility in difficult times.
Voices against Kickl ‘have become quieter’
“It came as a big surprise to me that the talks between the ÖVP, SPÖ and Neos failed.” The aim now is to ensure that Austria quickly gets a government capable of acting. Nehammer and Babler ruled out collaboration with Kickl. “Now the situation has changed.” The president spoke with many important representatives of the ÖVP. Conclusion: “The voices that rule out cooperation between the ÖVP and the FPÖ of Herbert Kickl have become quieter. That’s why I called Herbert Kickl and agreed to meet him on Monday at 11 a.m..”
The Federal President has therefore revised his credo not to give the right wing the task of forming a government or, if possible, becoming chancellor. Need to review. After the other parties failed to forge a coalition. However, Van der Bellen emphasized at the end: “I will continue to ensure that the fundamental pillars of democracy are preserved.”
Source: Krone
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