Austrian Elections & Politics 3.0 - Parliamentary Election: Oct. 15

[Kevinstat]

With the Greens currently out of parliament, ÖVP+FPÖ+NEOS would have a 2/3 majority in parliament, a constitution-changing supermajority. By 1 seat.

In parliament, ÖVP+FPÖ+NEOS recently voted YES on a proposal to introduce a constitutional deficit and debt brake (but in the outgoing parliament they had no supermajority).

So it will depend on the Greens if their 1-seat supermajority holds ...

ÖVP+FPÖ+NEOS keep their parliamentary 2/3 majority with 123/183 seats.

Would a deficit and debt brake be considered "Gesamtänderung" (and require a referendum, like Austria's accession to the EU in 1995)?  Or would it just require a 2/3 vote in parliament and is thus basically a done deal now?

[Kevinstat]

With the Greens currently out of parliament, ÖVP+FPÖ+NEOS would have a 2/3 majority in parliament, a constitution-changing supermajority. By 1 seat.

In parliament, ÖVP+FPÖ+NEOS recently voted YES on a proposal to introduce a constitutional deficit and debt brake (but in the outgoing parliament they had no supermajority).

So it will depend on the Greens if their 1-seat supermajority holds ...

ÖVP+FPÖ+NEOS keep their parliamentary 2/3 majority with 123/183 seats.

Would a deficit and debt brake be considered "Gesamtänderung" (and require a referendum, like Austria's accession to the EU in 1995)?  Or would it just require a 2/3 vote in parliament and is thus basically a done deal now?

From what I understand, there would be no referendum.

But it would need 2/3 approval in the Nationalrat and in the 2nd chamber - the Bundesrat, which is made up based on party strength in recent state elections. They don't have a 2/3 majority there and the SPÖ will very likely block it now. But there are 4 major state elections early next year which could change the composition of the Bundesrat.

Oh I see, thanks.  I had looked up the Austrian Constitution and the amendment process on Wikipedia, but I had forgotten about the Bundesrat when it mentioned that most constitutional amendments just have to get a 2/3 majority in Parliament.