ÖVP and SPÖ are determining their teams for the planned three-party coalition with the NEOS on Friday. Before that, however, the coalition program presented on Thursday must receive the majority approval of the respective board. This is considered a formality for both parties. It will be more exciting for the NEOS, who will only conduct a member decision on Sunday, where a two-thirds majority must be achieved.

Small-Scale Conflict Over Ministerial Posts in SPÖ Erupted

Regarding personnel, things have been quite heated in the SPÖ over the past few days. It now seems clear who will occupy the ministerial posts. In addition to Vice-Chancellor Andreas Babler, who is responsible for housing, media, culture, and sports, the largest departments will go to AK economist Markus Marterbauer as Finance Minister, Vienna's Finance City Councillor Peter Hanke as Infrastructure Minister, and ÖGB Women's Chairwoman Korinna Schumann as Social Minister. The Vice President of the Administrative Court Anna Sporrer will take over the Ministry of Justice, and SP Women's Chairwoman Eva Maria Holzleitner will become Minister for Women and Science.

Additionally, three state secretariats were filled. Former Transport Minister Jörg Leichtfried will be responsible for state protection in the Ministry of the Interior. The previous Lower Austrian State Councillor Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig will oversee the health sector in the social department, and Member of Parliament Michaela Schmidt will join the Vice-Chancellor's office. All those who have not yet been represented in the committees, such as Marterbauer and Sporrer, will be introduced to the party board today.

ÖVP with Significantly Calmer Personnel Search

In the ÖVP, the personnel search was significantly calmer, which is also due to the fact that there will be no changes in the Ministry of Defense with Klaudia Tanner, in the Ministry of the Interior with Gerhard Karner, and in the agricultural department with Norbert Totschnig. Chamber of Commerce Secretary General Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer will become Minister of Economy. The new Chancellor will be the acting party leader Christian Stocker. Claudia Plakolm will take over the department for Family, Youth, EU, and Integration.

The black state secretariats were also filled in the board meeting at the Political Academy of the ÖVP. The current Secretary General Alexander Pröll will become State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery. In the Ministry of Economy, oecolution CEO Elisabeth Zehetner will support department head Hattmannsdorfer. State Secretary in the red Ministry of Finance will be the Styrian State Councillor Barbara Eibinger-Miedl.

(APA/Red)

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