Austrian government’s No. 2 figure says he will step down
- Austrian Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler said he will leave his government post and step down as leader of the Social Democratic Party early next year.
- The party’s leadership agreed that Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer will replace Babler as vice chancellor.
- Babler’s departure follows declining support for the Social Democrats, which recent polls place at 15%, about six points below their September 2024 election result.
- Babler said public debates about party leadership were a distraction and that “this must end.
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Austrian government's No. 2 figure says he will step down
Austrian Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler said on Sunday he would quit as the second-highest government official and as leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party next year, bowing to growing unrest within the party over its slide in opinion polls.
Austria's SPÖ overthrows its boss Babler – and is in a sense crisis. Parallels also exist to the SPD. The Social Democrats have to adjust, comments Christian Deutschländer.
In the end, the pressure was too great: Austria's vice chancellor and SPÖ boss announced his withdrawal. The ill finance minister Markus Marterbauer should probably take over.
The Austrian Social Democrats urge their party leader and vice-chancellor Andreas Babler to withdraw. What does this mean for the government coalition in Vienna?
The party's leadership will be temporarily taken over by two service leaders, who will organize the election of a new leader - It intends to retain the Ministry of Housing, Culture, Media and Sports
Austria's vice chancellor Babler has announced his withdrawal from the government office as well as from the party chair of the SPÖ.
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