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Summary
Austria’s conservative ÖVP, center-left SPÖ, and liberal Neos have formed a coalition after five months of deadlock, blocking the far-right FPÖ from power despite its election victory.
Christian Stocker (ÖVP) will be chancellor, with Andreas Babler (SPÖ) as vice chancellor. The deal includes a seven-year budget plan, targeted tax relief, and social spending.
Migration policy balances security with integration, abandoning FPÖ’s hard-line stance.
The government reaffirms EU commitments, support for Ukraine, and neutrality on NATO while backing EU enlargement in the Western Balkans.
Ah funny play on words, but on a more serious note the far right still won the elections. They simply failed to gain the trust of any other party with which to form a majority coalition.
Removing them and sending them away is still a bit of an uphill battle as it stands.
No.
Getting enough monsters and idiots vote for them is still a bad thing, but that doesn’t mean they won.
“Winning the elections” isn’t being the single force that got the most votes individually.
That’s first-past-the-post bullshit like they have in the US.
Those who win an election in a parliamentary government are those who can form a government.
Hey my little armchair politician. Winning an election in Austria means shit all when it comes to forming a government. That is done on presidential orders.
The FPÖ nonetheless won the public vote. They are the largest faction in parliament and are very well used to being in the opposition.
I feel like there wasn’t any need for clarification, my comment already explained how they failed.