Kickl emphasized that he will advise the leading bodies of his party to initiate negotiations at the evening meeting. As he said, it must be quickly clarified whether a coalition is possible. This will require changes and cohesion in the ÖVP.
If it wasn’t insured, that was it
– he added, emphasizing that the FPÖ is also ready for possible early elections.
Speaking about the Néppár’s turn towards the FPÖ, Kickl also said that he does not look to the past, but to the future, “the inability to forgive leads nowhere”. At the same time, he stated that the People’s Party must recognize which political force received the most votes in the election and which came in second place.
The president of the FPÖ warned the ÖVP that
it does not want games, tricks, sabotage, obstruction and politics of retaining power
to see As he said, he needs a unified and stable partner. He emphasized that he does not want an internally divided ÖVP as a coalition partner either.
Kickl said that he was not afraid of a possible early election, and that he could have taken the easy way out of the meeting with the head of state, given his party’s string of victories and favorable opinion polls. However, he emphasized that instead he decided to take on the political responsibility for the state.
The president of the FPÖ emphasized that public trust in politics must be restored. As he said, care, honesty and courage can strengthen the spirit of optimism in the country.
Kickl was given the task of forming a government after the coalition negotiations with the participation of the ÖVP, the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the liberal NEOS party by bypassing the party that won the last elections they reached a dead end.
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Source: www.portfolio.hu
