The failure of the Austrian government

Journalist Vesna Kalčič comments on the collapse of Austria's Social Democrat Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer and his grand coalition: "After the elections it was only by making major concessions to the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) that Gusenbauer was able to form a grand coalition. They left him practically naked, as some commentators said at the time. ... Many important ministerial posts that the Social Democrats had wanted for themselves went to their coalition partner. ... And what happened? The coalition agreement that resulted from the coalition talks - led for the ÖVP by former chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel - bore his stamp and was what the People's Party had wanted all along: a continuation of the former black-blue government."

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