Editing Politics of Austria (section)

===Austrian People's Party===
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[[File:Mitgliederzahl parteien Österreichs - Party membership of parties in Austria.png|thumb|Party membership of parties in Austria, since 1945]]
The People's Party (''Österreichische Volkspartei'', or ÖVP, since rebranded ''Die Neue Volkspartei''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dieneuevolkspartei.at/Die-Geschichte|title=Unsere Geschichte (Our History)|website=Die Neue Volkspartei|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929171903/https://www.dieneuevolkspartei.at/Die-Geschichte|archive-date=29 September 2019|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref>) was founded by leaders of the former [[Christian Social Party (Austria)|Christian Social Party]] in 1945 as a [[Conservatism|conservative]]/[[Centre-right]] party with loose ties to the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]].<ref>[http://countrystudies.us/austria/119.htm countrystudies.us - Austrian People's Party]. Retrieved 22 May 2010.</ref> Between 1945 and 1970 it provided the Chancellor of Austria and since 1987 it has continuously been in government, its leader [[Wolfgang Schüssel]] serving as Chancellor between 2000 and 2007. It finds support from farmers, large and [[small business]] owners, and lay Catholic groups, but also from voters without party affiliation, with strongholds in the rural regions of Austria. In the nationwide elections in 2008 it finished second with 26% of the vote, the worst result in the party's history.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7641441.stm Austria's right hails poll result], ''[[BBC News]]''. Retrieved 22 May 2010</ref> Since 1991 the party is a member of the [[European People's Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epp.eu/parties-and-partners/|title=Parties & Partners|website=European People's Party|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>

After the collapse of the ÖVP-led coalition government with the FPÖ, the ÖVP performed well in the snap elections held on 29 September 2019, gaining 9 additional seats, while support for the FPÖ dropped sharply, resulting in a loss of 20 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wahl19.bmi.gv.at/|title=Nationalratswahl 2019 (National Council Election Results)|website=Bundesministerium fur Inneres (Interior Ministry)|access-date=19 October 2019|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022215825/https://wahl19.bmi.gv.at/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The President of Austria accordingly asked ÖVP leader [[Sebastian Kurz]] to commence coalition talks to form a new government.

A few days later, Kurz formed his second ruling coalition between his conservative ÖVP party and the Greens.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/austrias-new-conservative-green-coalition-enthusiastic-about-climate-and-europe/|title=Austria's new conservative-Green coalition enthusiastic about climate and Europe|access-date=8 January 2020|website=EURACTIV|date=8 January 2020 }}</ref> In July 2020, the coalition set up its new center to deal with "political Islam" and its "dangerous ideology."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/analysis-austrian-state-s-pioneering-anti-muslim-institution/1919972|title=Austrian state's 'pioneering' anti-Muslim institution|access-date=23 July 2020|website=Anadolu Agency}}</ref>