Burgenland Election: SPÖ Consults After Exploratory Talks at Retreat
Burgenland's governor Hans-Peter Doskozil had met with Norbert Hofer (FPÖ), Christian Sagartz (ÖVP) and Anja Haider-Wallner (Greens) for so-called "pre-exploratory talks", as the governor called them. There were no media appointments after the one-on-one talks in Eisenstadt to ensure a "factual atmosphere and calm".
Speculation about possible coalition after the Burgenland election
The talks were "very detailed and factual", according to APA. The People's Party also said that the first conversation was a "very good, constructive" one. Confidentiality was agreed upon regarding the content. On Monday morning, the decision will be made in the red committees with whom the SPÖ will enter into in-depth negotiations, and a press conference will take place afterwards. Indications that the signs are more likely to point to Red-Turquoise than to Red-Blue could be the cancellation of the state party executive committee of the FPÖ Burgenland last Thursday. However, the top candidate of the Freedom Party, Hofer, did not want to understand this as an indication, but spoke of waiting for Doskozil's decision, as a lot would depend on it. With the ÖVP, the SPÖ would have a comfortable majority, namely 25 of the 36 mandates, as opposed to Red-Green, with only one mandate majority.
Burgenland Election: Rumours of Replacement for ÖVP State Party Leader Sagartz
Rumours suggest that there may be internal rumblings within the ÖVP. State party leader Sagartz was unanimously given the vote of confidence by the board with one abstention only last Monday, but shortly afterwards rumours emerged that he could be replaced at the top - ironically by his predecessor, the mayor of Eisenstadt, Thomas Steiner. However, both he and state managing director Patrik Fazekas denied this.
SPÖ Needs Coalition Partner after Burgenland Election
Clarity is expected on Monday as to who the SPÖ will enter into coalition negotiations with. They need to find a coalition partner because they lost the absolute majority in the state election last Sunday. With 46.4 percent, the Social Democrats are still by far the first. The FPÖ became the second strongest party in the state election with 23.1 percent. The ÖVP slipped to third place with 22.0 percent. The Greens, with 5.7 percent and two mandates, will continue to be the smallest faction in the Burgenland state parliament.
(APA/Red)
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