Three parties say they have reached a deal to form a new centrist Austrian government, five months after an election was won by a far-right party that later failed in an attempt to form an administration.

Austria will not accept asylum seekers turned back at the German border, the Interior Ministry in Vienna told dpa on Sunday after the parties seeking to form Germany's next coalition put forward a plan including that.

VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's centrist coalition government ... When the FPO last month gave up trying to agree a government, the conservative People's Party (OVP), Social Democrats (SPO) and liberal Neos revived a bid to form an alliance after abandoning ...

Christian Stocker has been sworn in as Austrian chancellor as the country’s new government takes office after a five-month wait for a new administration

Three mainstream parties reached a deal on Thursday to form a new centrist Austrian government, two weeks after a far-right party that won an election in September failed to put together an administration.

The announcement was a victory for mainstream political parties, after earlier talks involving the hard-right Freedom Party broke down.

VIENNA - Austria's new coalition government will be made up of the conservative ÖVP, the social democratic SPÖ and the liberal NEOS party, after the trio cleared the final hurdle to form a coalition Sunday, AFP reports.

Members of Austria's liberal Neos party on Sunday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a coalition deal with the conservative People's Party (OVP) and Social Democrats (SPO), paving the way for their three-party government to take office.

Austria's Social Democratic Party chairman Andreas Babler speaks at a press conference in Vienna, Austria, Feb. 27, 2025. The Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party and the NEOS party have agreed to form a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party, it is reported Thursday. (Photo by Georges Schneider/Xinhua)

The executive boards of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) announced on Friday that they had unanimously agreed a government programme and members of a future cabinet.

Austrian parties that plan to form a coalition government excluding the far right announced their future ministers on Friday, among them the first left-wing finance minister in 25 years, before a key vote to seal the deal on Sunday.

VIENNA — Three parties reached a deal on Thursday to form a new centrist Austrian government, two weeks after a far-right party that won an election in September failed to put together an ...