German historican ponders about Austrias next government
Austrias daily newspaper “DerStandard” writes something about the German historican Paul Nolte from the university in Berlin.
Nolte thinks that Austrias next government will be a coalition between the Peoples Party and the Greens.
Bad luck for the Socialdemocrats? The historican explains that the same trend is noticeable in Germany. Nolte thinks the Green voters in Germany and in Austria became more bourgeois, and this makes a coalition between the Peoples Party and the Greens very likely.
The German has also the feeling that the Peoples Party became more Green friendly, and former chanellor Schüssel should be a silent admirer of the Greens.
“In todays politics coaltions became more pragmatic”, says Nolte. The historican is delighted and glad that the ideological superelevation in political life is disappearing.
A coalition between Peoples Party and Greens wouldn’t be something new in Austria. There is such a constellation in Upper Austrias provincial government since some years.