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The Government of Austria (German: Bundesregierung der Republik Österreich) is the executive cabinet of the Republic of Austria. It consists of the chancellor , who is the head of government , the vice chancellor and the ministers .
The President of Austria accordingly asked ÖVP leader Sebastian Kurz to commence coalition talks to form a new government. A few days later, Kurz formed his second ruling coalition between his conservative ÖVP party and the Greens. [20] In July 2020, the coalition set up its new center to deal with "political Islam" and its "dangerous ...
The federal constitution defines Austria itself as a bicameral parliamentary democracy with near-complete separation of powers. Austria's government structure is thus very similar to that of much larger federal republics such as Germany or the United States. The main practical difference between Austria on one hand and Germany or the United ...
Before the leadership meeting, all five parliamentary parties met for a so-called Österreich-Gespräch ("Austria talk") proposed by the ÖVP, in which they tried to find common ground on possible legislative issues which would require a two-thirds majority; [8] the parties' leaders talked mostly about the global financial crisis and agreed to ...
VIENNA (Reuters) -The three Austrian parties in the so-called "sounding out" phase of talks on forming a new government have agreed to launch full-scale coalition talks, conservative Chancellor ...
Austria's current national anthem, attributed to Mozart, was chosen after World War II to replace the traditional Austrian anthem by Joseph Haydn. [227] [219] Austrian Herbert von Karajan was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, and he was a ...
Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday is a tight race between the ruling conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP) and the far-right Freedom Party (FPO). Austria's president usually invites ...
Government formation is the process in a parliamentary system of selecting a prime minister and cabinet members. If no party controls a majority of seats, it can also involve deciding which parties will be part of a coalition government. It usually occurs after an election, but can also occur after a vote of no confidence in an existing ...