Austrian Elections & Politics - Version 1.0

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

If they cannot get their act together in the next weeks, we are heading towards new elections together with the EU elections.

What would happen in this one ?

FPÖ likely becomes the biggest party ...

Something exciting is actually happening in Austrian politics?
I am surprised, nay shocked!

Though I'm sure they'll find common ground enough for the ever lasting boring Grand Coalition to continue for some more years. After all, in Austrian politics, shaking the boat would be much worse than a constitutional ban on euthanasia.

Why do the ÖVP want a constitutional ban anyway? I know they're Catholic, but putting something like that in the constitution seems as strange as putting hetero-marriage there.

   

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Sebastian Kurz will become Foreign Minister.

Wow... nice.

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So there is no actual election of the chancellor in Austria? How do you decide, weither the chancellor/cabinet has a majority in the national assembly?

If he/she doesn't there'll be a vote of no confidence.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

So how will Consh**ta Wurst's ESC victory affect Austrian politics? Will Faymann try to grow a beard? Will Eva Glawischnig? Will there be calls for Wurst to run to replace Fischer in 2016?

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Your country is strange. Unions calling for a income tax decrease???  Unions aligned with the major centre-right party??? The major centre-right party being the opposition to an income tax decrease??? I don't even...

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Does anyone still care about TS? I don't ever recall hearing about a party falling and disappearing so fast.

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I am very surprised more people want to see Kathrin Nachbaur as Chancellor, than would actually vote for her party.

 

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Yes, NEOS proposing FPTP seems really strange. Why support annihilation of their own party? Tender do you know what their reasoning behind their support of this is?

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Why do you think people with migration background are voting for a party that is anti-immigrant ?

Not all immigrants like other immigrants

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Even if the SPÖ completely crashes though, there surely can't be a non-SPÖ government? As I understand it the only ones who might be in favour to work with FPÖ in Vienna is ÖVP, and even that is questionable, right? Say the SPÖ goes down to 30% in the election, wouldn't SPÖ+GRÜ+NEOS be the only logical coalition?

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I'm a bit late to the party, but I also did the voter compass test.

NEOS 94
ÖVP   85
FPÖ 73
GRÜ -11
ANDAS -12
SPÖ -82

Not anything too surprising here.

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If the ÖVP comes in first, which I assume they will, but FPÖ still does as well as they're expected to, how likely is a ÖVP+FPÖ coalition to follow?

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Upper Austria has Proporz (SPÖ and FPÖ are in the state government too).

I'm assuming that Proporz means this state government uses a similar system as Swedish municipalities and all parties who are proportionally big enough gets into the government's executive board, but where there is an unofficial majority (ÖVP+Grüne) that cooperates on budget matters. Would that be correct?

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97% Nebelberg
69% Mondsee

It's really impressive turn-out for a regional election, that doesn't take place at the same time as a general election.