SPÖ Established Government Team in Burgenland
Heinrich Dorner, Leonhard Schneemann and Daniela Winkler remain in office as state councillors. Doskozil's previous deputy Astrid Eisenkopf will become president of the state parliament. The Greens will provide the deputy in the future: state spokeswoman Anja Haider-Wallner will take on this role. The constituent state parliament session is scheduled to take place on Thursday.
Eisenkopf instead of Hergovich
The previous president of the state parliament, Robert Hergovich, must make way for Eisenkopf and will instead become chairman of the SPÖ club and government coordinator. As the third president of the state parliament, the SPÖ will propose Claudia Schlager. Roland Fürst remains club chairman. The personnel decisions were all made unanimously, emphasized Doskozil.
Burgenland Government Negotiations Began on Tuesday
The coalition negotiations with the Greens are meanwhile entering the home stretch. The government agreement is to be presented next Wednesday and the constituent state parliament session is to take place on Thursday. Doskozil's inauguration by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen is planned for Friday. There should also be a first government meeting at the state level.
The government negotiations started last Tuesday and are "really characterized by mutual respect and take place on an equal footing", emphasized Doskozil. He has already experienced many political discussions, but the current ones are "not characterized by tactics and positioning, by staking out fiefs, but by substantive conviction". SPÖ and the Greens want to establish a "Burgenland model" as a counter-model to the blue-turquoise federal government in prospect. To do this, it is also necessary to accept certain positions from the partner and to discuss them. Many topics have already been worked through, another round of negotiations will take place on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, work should continue on the government agreement, which should already be presented to the public on Wednesday.
The Greens also spoke in a statement of "intensive and constructive" talks in which both parties can bring their positions. Agreements have already been reached on some issues. The fact that Doskozil has now set the course for party leader Haider-Wallner to become deputy governor is seen by the Greens as a "pleasing signal". The distribution of departments and the associated tasks are still part of the talks.
The government team is to be elected in the state parliament on Thursday. The Freedom Party - the second strongest force since the state parliament election on January 19 - will deny him their approval. "We will not support Red-Green", declared the new club chairman Norbert Hofer to the APA. Whether the ÖVP agrees is still open and will be decided in a club meeting on Tuesday, it was also said on request.
Inauguration and Premiere Session
After the constitutive session of the state parliament on Thursday, Doskozil is expected to be inaugurated by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen on Friday. The first government session will also take place then. The governor did not want to report on the contents of the government negotiations today, this will be done together with the new government partner. After all, it is important to demonstrate a new form of cooperation. Mutual observation and exploiting the mistakes of others - "no one wants such a kind of coalition, not even the population". Any stumbling blocks such as the hospital in Gols, criticised by the Greens for the planned location, or the issue of migration have been "clarified", but details will not be presented until Wednesday.
Even though they were not entirely easy, as Doskozil admitted, today's personnel decisions were made unanimously. The position of government coordinators - the Greens also nominate one - has become necessary because the new state government is facing "a broad front of opposition" and there needs to be unity in the government throughout the entire legislative period.
Christian Drobits and Roman Kainrath will be the deputies of club chairman Fürst in the future. The function of the club chairman was previously held by party leader Doskozil himself, now it will be taken over by Hergovich. Thomas Schmid and Mario Trinkl will be sent to the Federal Council. The Renner Institute will also be newly staffed, as Max Lercher returned to Styria. The management will now be divided into the North and South constituencies, with Michael Strass taking over the North and Olivia Kaiser the South. The successors in the state parliament were also named today, they are Gerhard Bachmann, Doris Prohaska and Jürgen Karall.
Doskozil Expects Blue-Turquoise
As far as the federal level is concerned, Doskozil expects the formation of a Blue-Turquoise coalition. Should these talks fail, he advocates the establishment of an expert government and then a new election.
(APA/Red)
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