Tens of thousands demonstrated Tuesday in Vienna, asking the Conservatives of the People’s Party to abandon talks with the far -right Party of Herbert Kikl. 25 years ago, on February 4, 2000, a new “institution” was born in Austria: “Thursday demonstrations”. The Conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) agreement with the far -right Eleftheric Party (FPö) lowered tens of thousands of Viennese protesters in the center of the city, in the “Heroes Square”, which inspired Toma of the work. People’s response gave the idea of ​​converting the concentration into a regular weekly appointment every Thursday night, which lasted for months, without preventing the … fatal one.

It was now February 4, but a Tuesday, down on the road tens of thousands in the center of the Austrian capital, on the occasion of the information that the negotiations of these two parties, which have initially agreed with ease on budget issues, have now been swamped. The staffs of the two parties hastened to deny some rumors of possible total involvement and interruption of talks, but all indications suggest that there is a “scale”.

The ‘democratic wall’ within society

The protesters saw this as a great opportunity to head to the ÖVP offices and ask his leadership to leave the negotiations. We are the “Brandmaauer” wrote the relatives, borrowing the relevant term used in Germany at this time by those who condemn the parliamentary convergence of Christian Democracy and the right right. The slogans talked about the fear of immigrants, but also all minorities in the country, against the possibility of governing a chancellor who has openly stated that he sees diversity as a threat.

However, on Wednesday morning, it was announced that the 13 working groups are normally meeting for the processing of a joint government program. Shipwreck of talks and appeal to the polls seems to be something that no one wants. Conservatives because they are afraid of a further fall, and the far -right because they know that even if they manage to improve their rates, this will not bring them any significant benefit if they cannot find a government partner again.

Disagree with the sharing of ministries

However, it seems that the big problem mainly concerns the sharing of ministries between the two partners. The Ministry of Finance, which has to do with the public deficit reduction program, as well as the interior, which will handle the hot issue of immigration. There is an end – as expected from the outset – and some disagreements regarding the placement of the new government against the EU, where the pro -European ÖVP does not want to appear to retreat to FPö’s anti -Europeanism. Some of the most moderate Christian Democrats executives would also like to have an official statement of distancing the free movement from the “identity” movement, the theoretical of the modern far -right, whose slogans have, however

According to political scientist Peter Filzmaier, who spoke on public Austrian television, the most likely scenario is a successful ending of the negotiations, not their interruption. The two parties had pledged to announce this week whether or not they reached an agreement, as more than four months have passed since the September elections. A total of 129 days, which has been the longest waiting time for the formation of a government since 1962. This record will surely break.