FPÖ urges President Van der Bellen to break SPÖ-driven government deadlock

Facing a growing backlog of about 100 government measures caught in a coordination loop, the Freedom Party is demanding that President Alexander Van der Bellen intervene. FPÖ secretary-general Michael Schnedlitz said the situation unmistakably proves the Republic’s functional capacity has vanished and that the three-party coalition project is factually collapsed. He called on the president to cut through the deadlock and create stable majorities for the Austrian people. ÖVP leader Johanna Mikl-Leitner, governor of Lower Austria, expressed optimism that the administration will continue, emphasizing that the SPÖ’s top must demonstrate it can work and that a standstill is unacceptable. The dispute highlights deep ideological divides within the governing alliance and raises concerns about the country’s economic engine.