NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger announced at a hastily convened press conference in Vienna on Friday that the NEOS are withdrawing from the coalition negotiations for a three-party coalition of ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS at the federal level.

Coalition Negotiations Collapse: Meinl-Reisinger Accuses ÖVP and SPÖ of Refusing Reform

She informed party leaders Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) and Andreas Babler (SPÖ) as well as Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen of this decision on Friday morning. This was preceded by the realization that no breakthrough could be achieved with the black-red coalition. There was a refusal for fundamental reforms several times this week.

(APA/Red)

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