On Tuesday, the Vienna City Council cleared the way for the elections in Vienna to be brought forward through a joint proposal from all parties. The vote will take place on April 27.
The red-pink coalition announced at the end of last week that it did not want to wait until the regular date in the autumn. They said they wanted to spare the people a long election campaign. This has now been formally sealed.
The parties still came to an agreement
On Tuesday morning it initially appeared that unanimity could not be achieved. The original SPÖ-NEOS proposal included possible negative effects of a possible Blue-Black coalition in the federal government. The ÖVP and FPÖ then threatened to reject the proposal. Ultimately, agreement was reached on a simple motion by all parties.
The municipal council is dissolved prematurely
It was decided to dissolve the municipal council before the end of the election period – although the dissolution will not take effect immediately, as the regular meetings of the municipal council and the state parliament must take place as scheduled until the elections. And not only that: the coalition has indicated that special meetings may also be scheduled to decide on outstanding projects.
On April 27, a decision will be made in Vienna on the composition of a new state parliament or municipal council. In addition, the district representatives are voted on. The SPÖ under party leader and mayor Michael Ludwig has been governing together with the NEOS for more than four years. The boss, Christoph Wiederkehr, is deputy mayor and municipal councilor for education, integration and youth.
Source: Krone
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