Life and Death in Austria [MEGATHREAD]

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Coalition talks fell apart yesterday, it's back to square one. President asked in all party leaders for separate talks for today.

Possible options:

New elections. Would likely see a surge in FPÖ votes, mostly at expense of ÖVP. Though other party voters might be motivated to turn out in bigger numbers. But unless FPÖ wins absolute majority, no one would want to form a government with Kickl (and they have no other personnel alternatives, really).

The other parties try to get a coalition going again. After the mud slinging after the last attempt failed not likely.

An "expert" government of non-partisans who will act as custodians and seek parliamentary majorities as needed for their policies (which was fairly popular for the half year it happened recently, because they moved forward on a few stuck issues; not sure it's a reliable option for the next 4+ years).