Austria swears in centrist coalition without far right – DW – 03/03/2025
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The winner of September elections, the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), must now go into opposition after a long search for a viable coalition.

Summary

Austria’s new government, a centrist coalition of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), and the liberal NEOS, was sworn in on Monday.

This move keeps the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), which won September’s election, out of power after it failed to secure coalition partners.

The new government, led by Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) and Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler (SPÖ), aims to tackle economic challenges and stricter migration policies.

  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Coalitions and minority governments have happened in the UK too (e.g. early 2010s was a coalition between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats), but much more rarely than in a system with proportional representation (like Austria). Usually in the UK the party that gets the most votes does also get a majority of seats.