Parties Deliberate After Vienna Election

In Vienna, the parties are discussing the election results on Monday. The SPÖ started the proceedings. Since early morning, the presidium has been meeting at the town hall, followed by the board and Vienna committee. There were no substantive statements before the meeting. City Councillor Jürgen Czernohorszky assumes that forming a government will take several weeks. The fact that they are not immediately committing to continuing the coalition with the NEOS is well justified for him.

Because if there are three parties with which one could enter into a government collaboration, it is clear that one would first look at the substantive agreements. Today, the primary focus will be on the roadmap for the upcoming exploratory talks. Other members of the committees did not comment on Monday or at least not substantively.

No Coalition with FPÖ

Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) announced on election night that he wanted to seek talks with the previous coalition partner NEOS, the Greens, and the ÖVP. The city leader ruled out a coalition with the FPÖ. A clear majority could be formed with all four parties. Ludwig has not yet expressed any preferences, although a continuation of the government collaboration with the NEOS is considered likely.

Today, no statement from the mayor is planned in front of microphones. The results of the committees will be communicated in writing.

ÖVP and Greens on Monday, NEOS and FPÖ on Tuesday

The ÖVP committees will meet later in the afternoon. The Greens, however, are already meeting in the morning. The NEOS, on the other hand, will not meet until tomorrow, Tuesday, as a spokesperson informed the APA. The discussions are expected to extend throughout the day. Communication is currently planned for the later afternoon.

The state party executive of the FPÖ will convene on Tuesday morning. However, there seems to be relatively little to discuss among the Blues. Although the Freedom Party, with their top candidate Dominik Nepp, almost tripled their share of the vote from 2020, coalition talks with the SPÖ are virtually ruled out.

Counting after Vienna Election

The remaining postal votes will also be counted on Monday. However, the majority is likely to have already been included on Sunday. This was the first time this happened in a Vienna election. Postal votes that arrived by Friday were immediately considered on election day.

On Monday, only the postal votes that arrived later and those of non-Austrian EU citizens who were allowed to vote in the district council election will be evaluated. The result of the preferential votes is also expected to be announced on Monday.

(APA/Red)

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