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Tue Mar 4, 2025, 01:13 AM Mar 2025

Sounds like good news - Austria swears in new government, ending five-month political crisis

https://www.politico.eu/article/austria-swears-new-government-ending-five-month-political-crisis-christian-stocker-alexander-van-der-bellen/

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

Austria’s President Alexander van der Bellen swore in the country’s new three-party government Monday, ending five months of political deadlock that followed the far right’s election victory last September.

Conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) leader Christian Stocker will be the prime minister, with the center-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the liberal Neos party also part of the coalition government.

“Good things come to those who wait,” Van der Bellen said at the beginning of his speech, as he thanked the parties for “stepping out of their comfort zones for the good of the whole country” to form the coalition..."
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