Austria: "central block" loses but survives

As expected, the "central block" dominating Austrian politics since World War II saw their vote drop but is moving towards new absolute majority. "Coalition loses but survives," writes a paper this morning. The SPÖ 's Socialists were the most voted and although the coalition has obtained the worst results in more than 60 years, falling together more than four percent, the Chancellor Werner Faymann has all conditions to renew the Government with the Conservatives and assured that "what was true before the elections, continues to be true" and that it will be possible to "build a Government be the FPÖ", the extreme right-wing party.

The Conservatives of the ÖVP, the people's Party, also paid the price at the polls a mandate marked by corruption scandals and infighting that has prevented the implementation of reforms, including reform of the pension system and education.

The big winner of the laws was Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of the anti-immigration and European anti-Union FPÖ, which saw the far-right party exceed the 20% and be virtually glued to the conservatives.

Other winners of the night was the NEOS, a liberal party created last year that managed to enter the Parliament by luring the young vote with promises of more Europe and lower pensions. Parliament also comes the Eurosceptic austro-Canadian magnate Frank Stronach that prevented a better result on the extreme right.

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