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AUSTRIA: FPÖ's Kickl To Hold 1st Presser Since Taking Mandate @ 1500CET

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Herbert Kickl, leader of the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) will hold a press conference at 1500CET (0900ET, 1400GMT) to deliver his first public comments since being tasked by President Alexander van der Bellen with forming a new governing coalition. The slogan for the address will be "Governing Austria honestly.". Kickl met with van der Bellen on 6 Jan and was instructed to seek agreement with the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and its new chairman Christian Stocker. 

  • This comes after talks between the ÖVP, centre-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and liberal NEOS broke down last week. Subsequently, the ÖVP and SPÖ were also unable to reach an agreement, leaving a right-wing coalition between the FPÖ and ÖVP the only option to form a majority administration.
  • Nehammer is expected to resign as chancellor by Friday 10 Jan to be replaced by an as-yet-unidentified interim head of gov't. This individual will lead the same caretaker ÖVP-Green administration that is currently in place.
  • While the FPÖ has sat in gov't before, it has always been as the junior partner. If a coalition is formed, the party's elevation to the senior governing role will garner significant attention across the EU due to potential impacts on issues such as EU policy towards Russia/Ukraine (where unanimity is often required), and migration, where the party supports 'pushbacks' at the border (risking deteriorating relations with neighbours) and a rejection of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. 
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Herbert Kickl, leader of the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) will hold a press conference at 1500CET (0900ET, 1400GMT) to deliver his first public comments since being tasked by President Alexander van der Bellen with forming a new governing coalition. The slogan for the address will be "Governing Austria honestly.". Kickl met with van der Bellen on 6 Jan and was instructed to seek agreement with the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and its new chairman Christian Stocker. 

  • This comes after talks between the ÖVP, centre-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and liberal NEOS broke down last week. Subsequently, the ÖVP and SPÖ were also unable to reach an agreement, leaving a right-wing coalition between the FPÖ and ÖVP the only option to form a majority administration.
  • Nehammer is expected to resign as chancellor by Friday 10 Jan to be replaced by an as-yet-unidentified interim head of gov't. This individual will lead the same caretaker ÖVP-Green administration that is currently in place.
  • While the FPÖ has sat in gov't before, it has always been as the junior partner. If a coalition is formed, the party's elevation to the senior governing role will garner significant attention across the EU due to potential impacts on issues such as EU policy towards Russia/Ukraine (where unanimity is often required), and migration, where the party supports 'pushbacks' at the border (risking deteriorating relations with neighbours) and a rejection of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.