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New Austrian coalition excludes the far right election winners
Austrian party leaders Christian Stocker of the Peoples' Party (OeVP) (centre) Andreas Babler of the Social Democrats (SPOe) (left) and Beate Meinl-Reisinger of NEOS (right) pose with their government program after a news conference on forming a coalition
A NEW coalition government was agreed in Austria today, which excluded the far-right party that won the country’s general election in September last year.
A statement from the right-wing Austrian People’s Party (OVP), the centre-left Social Democrats (SPO) and the liberal Neos said they had agreed on a programme for a coalition after 129 days — the longest post-election hiatus in post-World War II Austria.
The country’s politicians broke a record of 129 days to form a new government that dated back to 1962.
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