Start for Red-Green Coalition Negotiations After Burgenland Election

Burgenland's Governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) and Green State Spokeswoman Anja Haider-Wallner meet at 2 pm with their negotiation teams at the Culture and Congress Centre in Eisenstadt. Earlier in the morning, the ÖVP and FPÖ will deal with the fact that the talks about the future state government after the Burgenland election will take place without them.

After Burgenland Election: ÖVP Announces Restructuring

The ÖVP wants to reposition itself after missing out on government participation, announced state party leader Christian Sagartz in a written statement. The planned media appointment was cancelled. A reform group is to prepare the structural, content-related, personnel, organisational and financial reorientation of the party, Sagartz said after the state party executive. The results are expected to be available by June 16. The state party leader criticised Governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) and his decision to hold coalition negotiations with the Greens: "Instead of creating a stable and broad basis for our country, Hans Peter Doskozil chooses the path of least resistance," he said. The ÖVP will "vigorously assume" its role in the opposition.

ÖVP After Burgenland Election with Only One Woman in the State Parliament

It was decided on Tuesday who will take up the two state list mandates that the ÖVP is entitled to in the state parliament. The mayor of Ollersdorf, Bernd Strobl, and the mayor of Edelstal, Gerald Handig, complete the team, which otherwise consists of Sagartz, state managing director Patrik Fazekas, club chairman Markus Ulram, Eisenstadt's city chief Thomas Steiner as well as Hans Unger and Carina Laschober-Luif. Sagartz and Strobl are the only two new members in the club. No longer in the state parliament are - even after the loss of three mandates - Julia Schneider-Wagentristl, Johannes Mezgolits, Melanie Eckhardt, Christoph Wolf and Walter Temmel. With eight mandates, only one woman will sit for the ÖVP in the state parliament in the future. Even before the meeting, the state chairman of the Economic Association, Peter Nemeth, had criticised Sagartz. He did not want to answer the question of whether he was firmly in the saddle "from my point of view perhaps not like that". Ultimately, the state party leader would have to answer the question himself, Nemeth said, but: "He set goals and the goals were not achieved."

Hofer Becomes FPÖ Club Chairman After Burgenland Election

The FPÖ introduced its new state parliament deputies at a press conference and once again reacted to the SPÖ's announcement to start government negotiations with the Greens. "Doskozil always indicated right, but has now turned sharply left," said Johann Tschürtz, former club chairman and future second president of the state parliament. The function of the club chairman is taken over by Norbert Hofer, who immediately announced numerous parliamentary activities. Urgent inquiries or applications, for example, to control the red election promises or also investigative committees would be conceivable. Hofer explained that he had assumed a SPÖ-ÖVP coalition until last week and was then surprised by the announcement. In the meantime, he has also received numerous letters from disappointed SPÖ functionaries: "Forming a left-wing government has unsettled and disturbed many. I am already looking forward to the municipal elections (2027, note), how the voters will react. We will immediately start the preparatory work."

After SPÖ Rejection: Hofer Sees Himself as a "Bridge Builder"

He rejected Doskozil's accusation that the FPÖ had acted with "untruths or half-truths" during the election campaign. Hofer therefore called on the SPÖ to list any accusations, which would then be subjected to a fact check and statements corrected if necessary. The election campaign was "absolutely factual," emphasized the new club chairman. He also dismissed the idea that the Freedom Party would divide society, on the contrary: "I am known as a bridge builder." State party chairman Alexander Petschnig also criticized that Doskozil's announced new cooperation was merely about making "behaviorally conspicuous politics" against the federal government. Petschnig remains state party chairman, even though he is now in the National Council and Hofer is now in the state parliament.

FPÖ After Burgenland Election with Nine Deputies

In the blue club with nine mandates, Mario Jaksch, Michelle Whitfield, Michaela Brandlhofer, Christian Ries, Markus Wiesler, Sandro Waldmann and the previous club director Thomas Grandits are now represented alongside Hofer and Tschürtz. The Burgenlanders send - for the first time this is possible - farmers' chairman Thomas Karacsony to the Federal Council. Hofer's mandate in the National Council is taken over by Michael Gmeindl. The new club director in Burgenland will be Konrad Belakowitsch. The fraternity member (Silesia Vienna) was already Hofer's press spokesman in parliament. State party chairman Alexander Petschnig did not want to give an assessment of the emergence of Blue-Turquoise at the federal level. He found the proposal for a bank levy good, so that those who made billions in profits would contribute.

After Burgenland Election: Changes in Club Premises

A redistribution of the club premises is likely to take place in the country house, as the FPÖ became the second strongest force in the state election. Currently, the Blues are located on the ground floor, but could in the future take over the much larger offices of the ÖVP on the first floor, parallel to the SPÖ. Hofer said to APA on request: "We believe that it would make sense and are in a good conversation with the President of the State Parliament (Robert Hergovich, note)."

(APA/Red)

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