Succession clarified
After resignation: Schallenberg becomes chancellor again
A successor has been found for outgoing Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer. Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, an old acquaintance, will take up residence at Ballhausplatz. He is to take over until a new government is formed.
According to reports, the former Foreign Minister has prevailed in the race against Constitutional Minister Karoline Edtstadler, as the "Krone" already reported. Schallenberg will remain Foreign Minister and will also be responsible for the Federal Chancellor's agenda in a dual function from Friday.
On this day, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen will "entrust him with the continuation of the administration of the Federal Chancellery and with the chairmanship of the provisional Federal Government", as reported by the Hofburg.
Schallenberg probably got the job because he already knows the office: he took over as Federal Chancellor (after the resignation of Sebastian Kurz) on October 11, 2021 and stepped aside just two and a half months later - after Kurz also resigned as ÖVP chairman - for Nehammer, who was designated as head of the People's Party and Federal Chancellor the following day.
Now the tables have turned and Schallenberg is taking over again - and again for the foreseeable future. However, Austria's chief diplomat is unlikely to be part of the next government. The new old Federal Chancellor has announced that he will not accept a ministerial post under Herbert Kickl.
Nehammer will resign from office on Friday. Within the party, the handover has already taken place; the previous ÖVP General Secretary Christian Stocker was appointed acting ÖVP Chairman on Sunday. He has announced a press statement on the current developments for 2 pm.
Federal Chancellor wants to remain silent in future
Nehammer recently emphasized in his podcast that it had been his goal to prevent Kickl from becoming chancellor. "Because I have always been convinced and held the view that his understanding of office and the way he lives politics is not good for our country". He had not succeeded in doing so due to the failure of the coalition negotiations, for "many different reasons". "But I think it's important, especially when this happens, to show people that what I said beforehand will be kept afterwards."
In future, he no longer wants to give interviews. He finds it "dispensable" to then comment from the sidelines "as a so-called balcony muppet". "I will do everything I can to avoid becoming like that."
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