NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum
Austrian political party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum (German: NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum) is a liberal[1][2][6] political party in Austria. It was founded as NEOS – The New Austria in 2012. In 2014, NEOS merged with Liberal Forum and adopted its current name.
NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum | |
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Abbreviation | NEOS |
Chairwoman | Beate Meinl-Reisinger |
Deputy chairperson | Christoph Wiederkehr |
Secretary General | Douglas Hoyos |
Parliamentary leader | Beate Meinl-Reisinger |
Managing director | Claudia Jäger |
Founder | Matthias Strolz |
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Merger of | NEOS, LiF, JuLis |
Headquarters | Vienna |
Youth wing | JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre |
European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe[5] |
European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
Colours | Pink |
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National Council | 15 / 183 |
Federal Council | 1 / 61 |
Governorships | 0 / 9 |
State cabinets | 1 / 9 |
State diets | 20 / 440 |
European Parliament | 2 / 19 |
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Website | |
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Since 2018, NEOS's chairwoman and parliamentary leader has been Beate Meinl-Reisinger. It is the smallest party in the National Council with 15 seats, and won 8.3% in the 2019 legislative election. NEOS is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and its two MEPs sit with the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.
NEOS is represented in six of Austria's nine Landtage, and has been a coalition partner in the Vienna state and city government together with the SPÖ since 2020, and from 2018 to 2023 together with the ÖVP and the Greens in the state government in Salzburg.