Date for Vienna Election 2025 Will Be Fixed on Tuesday

In the Vienna City Council, the preponement of the Vienna election to April 27 will be decided tomorrow, Tuesday. This will be done by a motion introduced by the governing parties SPÖ and NEOS. The coalition announced at the end of last week that they would not wait until the regular date in autumn to spare the Viennese a long election campaign.

Vienna Election Topic at City Council Meeting

The council's meeting tomorrow is the first of the new year. A routine session was planned. The fact that the election will also be a topic there has only been known since Friday afternoon. Red-Pink will fix the earlier date by motion. The vote will be a separate focus in the morning.

Usually, motions are introduced for certain resolution acts. However, the election motion will be dealt with immediately after the current hour, before the regular agenda, as the SPÖ club informed the APA upon request. There will also be a debate on this. The vote on this is therefore likely to take place in the early afternoon.

Acceptance is certain given the fact that Red-Pink have jointly decided on the date. The motion submitted to the APA refers, among other things, to the fact that different parties had already spoken out on the evening of the most recent National Council election about the Vienna election. The negotiations between FPÖ and ÖVP at the federal level are also being brought into play.

"Initial reports show that a wave of burden will hit the Viennese. Education is reportedly going to be cut. Stability in Vienna and above all no months-long election campaign until autumn is therefore all the more important," it says. Therefore, a decision was made to propose an election date in April, "which ensures that a new Vienna city government can be formed before the summer".

This new city government should be equipped with the "clear mandate" to protect the Viennese from all the negative effects that would threaten from the federal level, it continues. It was also assured that work would continue until the election date. Some major projects are in the home stretch, such as the City Development Plan 2034 or the Vienna Climate Act.

Formally, a request has been made to dissolve the municipal council before the end of the electoral term. However, the dissolution will not take effect immediately, as the regular sessions of the municipal council and state parliament are to continue as planned until the election. And not only that: The coalition hinted on Friday that special sessions could be scheduled to decide on outstanding projects.

April 27 Date for Vienna Election 2025

The decision will be made in Vienna on April 27 about the composition of a new state parliament or municipal council. In addition, the district representations will be voted on. The SPÖ, under party leader and Mayor Michael Ludwig, has now been governing for more than four years with the NEOS. Their leader, Christoph Wiederkehr, is Deputy Mayor and City Councillor for Education, Integration and Youth.

For the rest of the shortened legislative period, Viennese politics will likely be in election mode. One point that will probably receive attention here is the budget. It was recently announced that the deficit could grow from the forecasted 2.2 billion euros to 3.8 billion euros this year.

"Vienna Must Not Become Birmingham"

As early as tomorrow's municipal council, the FPÖ will direct an urgent inquiry to Mayor Ludwig. Under the title "Vienna Must Not Become Birmingham", they refer to the financial mess of the British city that caused a stir last year. They demand information on the development of expenditures and revenues, as well as net assets or the current debt status of Vienna, in more than 50 questions.

There will also be an FPÖ motion to bring forward the annual financial statement. This is usually discussed in June for the previous year. The request is now to do this before the Vienna election.

(APA/Red)

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