Overview
- Chancellor Christian Stocker says the ÖVP–SPÖ–Neos government follows an anti-conflict pact that lets each party claim policy wins despite clear ideological divides.
- He cites seven months of actions including a tougher migration course, rent measures, and education initiatives, all constrained by a significant budget shortfall.
- Polling shows the FPÖ in front, and Stocker accuses it of inflating dissatisfaction into anger that he says is splitting society.
- Defending German and Austrian border checks, he reports fewer migrant apprehensions but calls for EU external-border procedures and stronger external border protection.
- Stocker differentiates the ÖVP from FPÖ promises of “zero asylum,” says cooperation with the FPÖ is decided case by case, and notes the party’s orientation depends on its leaders rather than matching Germany’s AfD.