Protests Against Blue-Black Coalition Negotiations

A demonstration and a human chain in front of the Federal Chancellery under the motto "Alarm for the Republic" are planned for Thursday evening. Protests are also announced in other state capitals such as Graz and Salzburg.

Demonstration at Ballhausplatz in Vienna Against Blue-Black Coalition Negotiations

The protest event in Vienna, organised by Volkshilfe, Greenpeace and SOS Mitmensch, is supported by numerous NGOs. The demonstration could be the starting signal for a new edition of the Thursday demonstrations. After the inauguration of the first black-blue coalition in February 2000, more than 150,000 people gathered at the Vienna Heldenplatz to protest against the new ÖVP-FPÖ government and their feared "racism and social degradation". In the following two years, weekly rallies with thousands of demonstrators took place.

No Concrete Schedule for Coalition Negotiations

How the talks between the FPÖ and the ÖVP on forming a government will proceed is unclear. There is no information about a concrete schedule for further talks after the first meeting between FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl and the acting ÖVP chairman Christian Stocker on Wednesday evening. According to reports, the first substantive negotiations are aimed for Friday, when the steering groups of both parties could meet.

(APA/Red)

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