With this alliance, the centrist parties prevented the pro-Russian freedom party (FPö) Win the most votes in the elections.
The initial negotiations between ÖVP, SPö and Neos tried to form a government and stop the extreme right. However, these discussions collapsed in early January On deep disagreements on fiscal policy.
Consequently, the far -right chief, Herbert Kickl, received a mandate from the president to form a government.
Kick hoped to govern with the ÖVPBut the conservatives had little appetite to be a junior partner of the FPö, as a request for a decrease in kickl tax reductions, an expansion of the debt of Austria and restrictions on the EU budgetary policy clashed with the pro-European policies of the ÖVP.
These discussions broke down in mid-FebruaryForcing the leader of the Conservative Party store to return to the original formula with three parties.
The resulting coalition agreement implies a Budget compromise This is trying to balance budgetary consolidation with investments in social well-being and economic growth.