Gusenbauer cabinet

The Austrian government Gusenbauer was inaugurated on January 11, 2007 by Federal President Heinz Fischer. It formed after seven years of a grand coalition of SPÖ / ÖVP and followed the government Bowl II (ÖVP / AAF ). She held office until December 2, 2008. The swearing went several months of negotiations between government partners, the Social Democrats and the conservative People's Party ahead.

Government formation

From the parliamentary elections on October 1, 2006 the SPÖ as mandated strongest party (68 seats), followed closely by the People's Party (66 seats), which had thus lost their previous relative majority. In addition to the Greens ( 21 seats ) and the Freedom Party ( 21 seats ) also first attracted the AAF (7 mandates) in the National Council.

October 11, 2006 entrusted the Federal President Fischer the top candidates of the Social Democratic Party, Alfred Gusenbauer, with the formation of a federal government, which should be based on a stable majority in parliament .. Arithmetic was this majority addition to the grand coalition by a three coalition of a major party and two smaller parties possible. Real Politically, this possibility was ruled out from the outset due to insurmountable political differences between the three smaller parties. The coalition began negotiations but were interrupted by the beginning of November sides of the ÖVP, after the new National Council began on 30 October, against the will of the People's Party committees of inquiry on the subject of the procurement Euro Fighter and banking supervision. On 16 November, the negotiations were resumed, and after months of negotiations, SPO and OVP agreed on 8 January 2007 to form a grand coalition after President Fischer in December before a foreseeable negotiations end on the 11th of January as a day of swearing-in of a new Government firmly set.

The result of the negotiations was criticized by parts of the SPÖ, mainly due to the perceived as unfavorable allocation of responsibilities and the retention of tuition fees. Medial caused a stir in the context of forming a government, the press conference of the Styrian Governor Franz Voves on 10 January, in which he criticized party chairman Gusenbauer strong and decided on camera about the use of Heidrun Silhavy as Secretary of State.

The government Gusenbauer was able to permanently draw on more than two -thirds of the National Council mandates and was thus not dependent on the parliamentary opposition also in the adoption of draft laws in the constitution.

Composition

The federal government under Alfred Gusenbauer was sworn in the following composition on January 11, 2007 by Federal President Heinz Fischer. The federal law that regulates the division of responsibilities, it was decided by the National Council on 30 January 2007.

Resolution

July 7, 2008 ÖVP leader and Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer was with the statement " It is enough ," announced the decision to end cooperation with the SPÖ, because they " orientation and leaderless " is. This was preceded by her shift in EU policy and the failure of negotiations for health care reform. It came to the early parliamentary elections of 28 September 2008.

The following Federal Government Faymann I, which was announced on 23 November 2008 and sworn in on December 2, 2008, is again a grand coalition. She came largely results from the negotiations of the relevant early as the reign Gusenbauer for coalition Ministers Werner Faymann and Josef Pröll.