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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 .
Politics in Austria reflects the dynamics of competition among multiple political parties, which led to the formation of a Conservative-Green coalition government for the first time in January 2020, following the snap elections of 29 September 2019, and the election of a former Green Party leader to the presidency in 2016.
Nehammer and other ÖVP governors expressed support for the FPÖ receiving the first mandate to form a government, citing a wish to preserve the convention. [55] The president spoke on 7 October with Nehammer (ÖVP) and Babler (SPÖ)—who also met with each other the next day—and on 8 October with Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS) and Kogler (Greens). [56]
The Government Ministries of the Republic of Austria belong to the executive branch of the Austrian Government. The Functions and Duties of each Ministry is declared in the "Bundesministeriengesetz" (Law of Federal Ministries) from 1986. [1]
The next government in Austria faces the challenge of having to save between 18 to 24 billion euros ($18.5 billion to $24.75 billion), according to the EU Commission.
VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria headed on Sunday towards coalition talks led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after efforts to form a centrist government without the FPO fell apart and prompted ...
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 ...
The SPÖ called for government formation to finish quickly. [51] Kurz had not offered any particular reason why a coalition with the SPÖ had been rejected. The prospect of Austria being governed by a coalition of conservatives and greens was a novel development on the western European political landscape at a national level, and was watched ...