According to his own statements, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is following the latest developments in Austrian domestic politics “with great concern”, especially as the chancellorship of FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl has now become very realistic.
Many parties said they did not want to work with the FPÖ: the ÖVP and also the two parties that negotiated with it to form a government, namely the SPÖ and the liberal NEOS. This statement was relevant to voters before the elections, the German head of government, whose experiment with a three-party coalition failed before Christmas, said during a constituency tour in Ludwigsfelde (Brandenburg).
All parties that did not want to cooperate with the FPÖ would receive a majority. “You actually have to do something with it. In this regard, perhaps this is also a reminder that you should think carefully about what you are doing in advance – so that you don’t wake up with a hangover afterwards, as a large number of Austrians certainly do now,” Scholz warned. .
Habeck warns against ‘exclusive disease’
The SPD leader, who is campaigning for the elections, certainly sees parallels with the situation in his country, where the right-wing populist AfD is celebrating similar successes to the FPÖ in Austria, while the former major parties are giving up. The German Greens also have criticism, but this is mainly aimed at the parties’ inability to compromise – also in Germany. Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck warned of an “exclusionary disease” before the federal elections on February 23. This leads to a development in which “the parties are moving further and further apart”.
Source: Krone
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