NEOS-Chefin Beate Meinl-Reisinger said in a press statement on Saturday evening that the chaos will continue seamlessly over the next few months. The SPÖ and FPÖ also see the “System Kurz” continued.
To the video
Kurz’s resignation was “overdue” for Meinl-Reisinger. However, this is not enough for her, because impeccable behavior should also be the prerequisite for a club boss: “As a club chairman, he continues to hold all strings of power in his hand.”
SPÖ for ending the coalition
SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner was visibly disappointed in the evening that the Greens will probably not end the coalition. “In truth, this is a continuation of government work with the turquoise system,” she said after the statement by Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) in a brief media appearance. “What happened an hour ago what I said yesterday, namely that the ÖVP will sacrifice Sebastian Kurz as Chancellor in order to remain in the government.”
Go short, but stay with the turquoise system. As club boss and party chairman, he continues to pull the strings in the background. “One can summarize, for an hour now Kurz has not been Federal Chancellor, but shadow Chancellor,” complained the SPÖ leader. Addition: “You have to be that honest and Werner Kogler has to be that honest too.” She has doubts about a successful future for the coalition, as she said. You could hardly imagine that the government’s work would be stable – also because new turquoise chats would come to light every day.
FPÖ: “Escape to parliamentary immunity”
For FPÖ boss Kickl, Kurz breaks his promise to provide quick clarification with his “escape into parliamentary immunity”. Kurz apparently plans to make the whole affair a never-ending story until the ÖVP holds the Ministry of Justice again, he speculated in a broadcast. “Chancellor may be gone for a while – but the turquoise system is still fully there.”
