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The Austrian conservatives, who led the legislative elections last September, meet this Friday, October 25, 2019 the Greens, who achieved a breakthrough with nearly 14% of the vote. A new round of discussions to, perhaps, consider forming a government together.
With our correspondent in Vienna, Isaure Hiace
In the legislative elections , the Greens became the first party among the under-29s, tied with the conservatives. A success largely due to the young people of Fridays For Future, who continue to demonstrate in Vienna.
Many of them want to see their training in power, but not at any price; the Greens and the New People's Party (ÖVP) are two very distant families on the bottom. Hence this dilemma for ecologists: how far to go in the compromise to enter the government?
" Being in government is not enough! The Greens' proposals must be present in the government's agenda, especially on the climate. If the Conservatives do not allow it, then it makes no sense, "says Ennemoser.
In the eyes of Clara Oppolzer, " they must make the least possible compromise because it is our existence at all. The abandonment of fossil fuels and a tax on CO2 are, for example, very important points. This is the difficulty for the Greens: to negotiate without denying oneself.
The climate is far from being the only point of division between the two parties, ecologist MP Lukas Hammer acknowledges: " We have very different visions on the issue of migration or social justice and the redistribution of wealth. "
" We know we have to compromise," he adds, " but we have red lines. Continuing a right-wing policy would be extremely damaging for our party. "
The pressure is great, he admits, to avoid the scenario of 2003, when their negotiations with the Conservatives had failed. The latter then turned to the extreme right to govern.
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