Austria: ÖVP, SPÖ and Neos form coalition

New Austrian centrist government takes power after far right fails to form coalition

The centrist alliance formed on its second attempt after the longest post-World War II negotiations in Austria, following the far-right, anti-immigration, and euroskeptic Freedom Party's emergence as the strongest force in last fall's parliamentary election

Austria swears in new government, ending five-month political crisis

Conservatives, social democrats and liberals form coalition to prevent far right from coming to power despite its electoral victory.

The consultation with the bases of the liberal party NEOS expressed majority support for forming a tripartite government and preventing the coming to power of the ultra-right, winner of the parliamentary elections. A new coalition government will take office this Monday in Austria, after this Sunday the bases of the party NEOS were in favour of supporting a formation in which also the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP, Conservative) and the Austrian …

For the first time since 1949, it will be a tripartite coalition that will govern Austria. A way to prevent the FPÖ nationalist party, which came to the top of the September elections, from being in business.

The alliance of ÖVP, SPÖ and liberal neos has skipped the last hurdle. The neos' party base gives the green light for the government pact. This starts something new in Austria.