Why NEOS? Because ÖVP, after being in a coalition with the Greens and some serious disputes towards the end, is frankly sick of them and won’t govern again with them anytime soon. NEOS would also be a better fit for ÖVP ideologically. 12/

Forming an ÖVP-SPÖ-NEOS coalition could still be challenging: Nehammer and Babler didn’t seem to get along very well during their debates. They hold fundamentally diverging positions on several issues, including the economy. 13/