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In Austria, the Conservatives and the Greens presented their coalition government and the program on which they agreed on Thursday 2 January. The Conservatives get most of the key portfolios while the Greens inherit a "super ministry" of the environment.
With our correspondent in Vienna, Isaure Hiace
The new executive will have more women than men, welcomed Thursday afternoon Sebastian Kurz, head of the conservatives who is preparing, at 33, to become chancellor again and Werner Kogler, the leader of the Greens, future vice chancellor.
Unsurprisingly, the Conservatives, the big winners in the legislative elections last September, largely dominate this new team with most of the key ministries, notably the Interior, Foreign Affairs and Finance. The Greens, they obtain four portfolios, including a "super ministry" of the environment which includes Transport, Energy and Technologies.
The two parties also presented the agreement they negotiated for several weeks, a 300-page document in which the priorities of the two parties are affirmed: a firm line on immigration and tax cuts for the Conservatives. , more measures against corruption and against global warming for the Greens .
Environmentalists have yet to approve the deal at a special convention this Saturday. If they give the green light, the investiture of this new team should take place next week.