Because of Karo Edtstadler

Is Salzburg’s black-blue coalition now collapsing?

Karoline Edtstadler was surprisingly presented as the successor to Governor Wilfried Haslauer this week. The coalition partner FPÖ is not happy about this.(Bild: Markus Tschepp)

Salzburg's Governor Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP) announced his retirement this week and plans to hand over the party chairmanship to Karoline Edtstadler on February 1. She is to succeed him as governor on July 2. Unless the FPÖ puts a spanner in the works.

Whether FPÖ leader Marlene Svazek will take this risk will be decided by the party committees on Sunday. However, the public will not be informed until Monday. Even if the two ladies get on well personally, as they emphasize, Edtstadler is a red rag for the FPÖ - not least because of her much-criticized position on mandatory coronavirus vaccination.