NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum

NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum
NEOS - Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum
Abbreviation NEOS
Chairwoman Beate Meinl-Reisinger
Secretary-General Nikola Donig
Parliamentary leader Matthias Strolz
Managing director Stefan Egger
Founded 27 October 2012 (2012-10-27)
Headquarters Vienna
Youth wing JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS
Ideology Liberalism[1][2]
Pro-Europeanism[3]
Political position Centre
European affiliation Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
International affiliation Liberal International (observer)[4]
European Parliament group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours      Pink
National Council
10 / 183
Federal Council
0 / 61
Governorships
0 / 9
State governments
1 / 9
State parliaments
15 / 440
European Parliament
1 / 18
Website
neos.eu

NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum (German: NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum) is a liberal[1][2] political party in Austria.

History

The party, founded in October 2012,[5] contested the 2013 legislative election on a joint electoral list with the Young Liberals Austria and Liberal Forum.[6][7] In the election held on 29 September 2013, NEOS received 4.9% of the vote and 9 seats in the National Council.[7][8]

On 25 January 2014 NEOS absorbed the Liberal Forum, creating "NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum".[9][10][11] In March 2014, it also absorbed the independent Young Liberals (JuLis), forming the party's youth wing JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS.[12]

NEOS became a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) on 2 May 2014.

In the 2014 European elections held on 25 May 2014, the party received 8.1% of the national vote, and returned a single Member of the European Parliament.[13]

Policies and political position

The party supports more direct democracy using referenda, the ending of conscription, and the creation of United States of Europe. The party opposes increased property taxes and public financing of political parties.[7]

Leadership

Election Results

National Council

National Council of Austria
Election year # of total votes % of overall vote # of seats Government
2013 232,946 (6th) 4.96%
9 / 183
 in opposition
2017 268,518 (4th) 5.24%
10 / 183
 in opposition

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election year # of total votes % of overall vote # of seats
2014 229,781 (2nd) 8.14%
1 / 18

References

  1. 1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Austria". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. 1 2 Oliver Gruber (2014). Campaigning in Radical Right Heartland: The politicization of immigration and ethnic relations in Austrian general elections, 1971-2013. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 83. ISBN 978-3-643-90517-8.
  3. ↑ "Austria's Freedom Party sees vote rise". BBC News. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ↑ https://liberal-international.org/members/neos_austria/
  5. ↑ "Die "Neos"-Liberalen «". Diepresse.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  6. ↑ "Die Neos: Neue Partei mit grüner Unterstützung «". Diepresse.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  7. 1 2 3 Tom Lansford (7 April 2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.
  8. ↑ "Österreich - Nationalratswahl 2013". Wahl13.bmi.gv.at. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  9. ↑ "NEOS offiziell mit LIF fusioniert", Kleine Zeitung, 25 January 2014
  10. ↑ "Fusion von NEOS und LIF bestätigt", ORF.at, 25 January 2014
  11. ↑ "Liberales Forum and NEOS merge - a strong liberal voice in Austria | ALDE Party". Aldeparty.eu. 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "JuLis heißen nun JUNOS und sind Teil der NEOS". Der Standard (in German). 22 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Österreich - Europawahl 2014". Euwahl2014.bmi.gv.at. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.