After Vienna Election: First Exploratory Round Concluded on Friday
The Green Party kicked off the morning. The Green negotiation team, led by party leaders Judith Pühringer and Peter Kraus, was the first to be received in the office of Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ). In the afternoon, it was the turn of the city’s ÖVP.
"We are entering the talks very, very openly and really with great joy," assured Pühringer, who wishes for a renewal of the Red-Green coalition. The Greens were already coalition partners of the SPÖ in Vienna between 2010 and 2020. In the election last Sunday, they were able to almost reach their best result to date from 2020. They achieved 14.5 percent, which represented only a small minus of 0.3 percentage points. After the meeting, which lasted about an hour, both sides praised a constructive and good atmosphere. There were no details on the content for the time being.
Exploratory Rounds After Vienna Election: No ÖVP Statement at the Start
A coalition of SPÖ and Greens would have 58 out of 100 mandates. A two-party coalition under the senior partner SPÖ would be possible with all three parties. An SPÖ-ÖVP coalition would have 53 mandates - as would one with SPÖ and NEOS. The ÖVP, which suffered a massive election defeat on Sunday, arrived at the mayor's office at 2:00 PM.
Unlike Pink and Green, the representatives of the People's Party did not face the waiting journalists. They chose a different route, which allowed them to reach the meeting unobserved. In the mayor's office, there was at least the opportunity to take a brief look at the team as well as the chance for photos and a camera pan.
Figl, Resch, and Ruck Present
Present for the ÖVP were, among others, the new party chairman, City District Chairman Markus Figl, Döbling District Chairman Daniel Resch, and the President of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, Walter Ruck. The official handshake with the mayor was not performed by Figl at the start, but by Resch. Resch was defeated by Figl on Monday in the struggle for the party leadership, but he is allowed to lead the negotiations.
Resch was also the only one from the ÖVP side to give a brief statement afterwards. "The discussions were very good in terms of content and very pleasant in atmosphere," he stated. They are also ready for further talks, Resch emphasized. It was also announced from the Ludwig office that the most important topics of the city were discussed in a good atmosphere.
For the SPÖ, in addition to Ludwig, State Party Secretary Barbara Novak and Club Chairman Josef Taucher participated in the discussions today. Not all parties are being consulted. The Social Democrats have already ruled out cooperation with the Freedom Party in advance.
The first round of exploratory talks has thus been concluded with today's appointments. A decision on the further course of action is to be made in the coming week, it was announced.
(APA/Red)
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