Following Sunday’s defeated National Council election, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen will today receive a turquoise-green federal government and accept his resignation. Also, the head of state will entrust the government with the responsibility of continuing the administration until a new administration is found. Personal discussions between party leaders and the federal president will also begin from tomorrow.
The turquoise-green government holds a meeting of the Council of Ministers in the Chancellery at lunchtime to decide whether the Federal President will be offered his resignation as planned. Shortly before 1 p.m., the old government team will march together through the BallhausPlatz to the presidential office. The Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor will first accompany the Head of State to their offices for a brief visit.
Van der Bellen will give a speech
After this Van der Bellen will give a speech. It is eagerly awaited to see whether he will allow himself to observe and comment on the government formation mandate that the Federal President usually gives to the strongest party. This order is not prescribed in the Constitution, but is its lived practice.
However, it is unclear how Van der Bellen will proceed following the FPÖ’s election victory, as she has announced in the past that she would not automatically give party leader Herbert Kickl the mandate to form a government in this case. It would also be possible for Van der Bellen to wait for negotiations between the parties. In any case, as always, it is planned that Van der Bellen will first welcome the party leaders for personal discussions starting tomorrow.
In any case, in the afternoon Van der Bellen will accept the resignation of the current government and the motion to dismiss it. Also, he will hand over the responsibility of continuing the administration to the current government. She will remain in office until the new government is formed. Only the Green Party’s State Secretary for Arts and Culture Andrea Meyer yesterday surprisingly announced that she would be leaving her post at her own request in the wake of the federal government’s dismissal.