by Admin
Jan 5, 2025
Karl Nehammer, the Chancellor of Austria, has called for the curtains to close on his role as the Austrian Chancellor after he failed to secure a coalition government with the two other political parties.
The Austrian Chancellor announced on Saturday that he would resign in the coming days from his role as Chancellor after talks on forming a coalition government collapsed.
The three political parties, including the Chancellor’s conservative People’s Party, the center-left Social Democrats, and the liberal party NEOS, were all involved in the failed negotiations.
The negotiation was organized by the Austrian Chancellor which aimed at side-lining the far-right Freedom Party that won the national elections last September.
This is the second time a negotiation to form a new government has failed between the three parties which prompted the Chancellor to take to his social media platform to announce his intent to resign as the country’s chancellor.
In his post, he said, “Unfortunately I have to tell you today that the negotiations have ended and will not be continued by the People’s Party,”.
The Chancellor laid accusations for the failure of the negotiations on “Destructive forces” in which the Social Democratic Party has “gained the upper hand” and that the People’s Party will not agree to sign on to a program that stands against economic competitiveness
However, Andreas Babler the leader of the Social Democratic Party expressed his regret for the failure to form a coalition government, he said “This is not a good decision for our country”
He further said, “I have offered to Karl Nehammer and the People’s Party to continue negotiating and called on them not to get up,”.
The next government in Austria must address the need to save between 18 and 24 billion euros, according to the EU Commission. Additionally, Austria has been experiencing a recession for the past two years.