🇦🇹 Austrian Elections & Politics 6.0 - Upper Austria election: 26 Sept. 2021

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

A similar proportion to the number of LibDems who approved the coalition deal with the Tories in 2010 - hopefully for the Austrian Greens, it turns out rather better for them.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

is this the first time the Greens have been in government in Austrian history? As a party in cabinet itself.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Cold War between coalition partners ÖVP and Greens over the deportation of 3 young Armenian and Georgian students (already born in Austria) and their families:

https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000123699588/nach-der-schuelerinnen-abschiebung-kracht-es-im-koalitionsgebaelk

The ÖVP-led Interior Ministry deportation officers rounded up the families up for deportation last night, put them in planes and deported them.

All their asylum requests since 2005 or so have been denied several times by Austrian courts, including the high court.

Not only are the Greens accusing the ÖVP of being heartless and ruthless, President VdB is also attacking the ÖVP. Just like the SPÖ and NEOS.

I don't really find that surprising (as a Green voter myself): it was always pretty clear that eventually a controversial deportation would come up and risk the coalition. This is an area where many Greens don't really agree with the rule of law.

Would the ovp and fpo be willing to bury the hatchet if things go south with the greens? At the very least the fpo backing the government from outside?

Nobody really wants to work with the federal ÖVP these days.

Not the Greens, not the FPÖ, not the SPÖ.

Even many Greens in the govt right now with them are quietly saying that the power-hungry ÖVP is a ruthless, backstabbing entity that will do everything to destroy their smaller coalition partners with shady methods.

First, the ÖVP planted moles inside the SPÖ, which destroyed the SPÖ from the inside and as a result blew up the SPÖVP coalition.

Then, they organized (or at least aided the release and circulation of) the Ibiza-video that blew up their coalition with the FPÖ.

Now, they are using deportations of well-integrated children and other smear tactics to decimate their current coalition partner - the Greens.

If GreenOVP ends, could we see some kind of Frankenstein coalition that leaves out the OVP?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

so I guess the OVP can get its cake and eat it too then. No possible governmental option leaves them out.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

so I guess the OVP can get its cake and eat it too then. No possible governmental option leaves them out.

That basically sums everything up, yes.

inb4 there is an SPOVP government next time, with the SPO reluctantly agreeing to be the OVP's latest punching bag.