Political castling

Pink post carousel: who will be what with the Neos

Beate Meinl-Reisinger will soon have positions to distribute. Christoph Wiederkehr, Sepp Schellhorn and Yannick Shetty are in the running.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/krone.tv, Peter Tomschi, APA/Hans Punz,HELMUT FOHRINGER)

For the first time, the NEOS will soon be able to do what they were founded to do - govern! Pink frontwoman Beate Meinl-Reisinger probably has at least one ministerial and one state secretary position up for grabs. The pink post carousel could soon start turning. Who has a good chance of winning which posts. 

NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger is known to be "ready as never before" when it comes to finally joining the government 13 years after it was founded. She herself has made no secret of the fact that she would prefer to become finance minister of the "Zuckerl" coalition. Whether the Pinks, as the smallest coalition partner, will actually be able to get hold of the most important ministry at the end of the negotiations seems more than questionable. On the other hand, the NEOS can probably count on the Ministry of Education. And there is apparently already an internal favorite for this very ministry.