Vösendorf Bürgerliste ends coalition with SPÖ

The Bürgerliste V2000 has ended its coalition agreement with the SPÖ in Vösendorf, citing disagreements over the municipality’s financial direction, ORF reported.

The list announced its decision on social media. Mayor Gabriele Scharrer of the SPÖ confirmed that V2000 had declared the end of the agreement at a municipal council meeting on Tuesday evening. She said the move had come as a surprise and was personally disappointing.

Scharrer said she remained open to working together and that the breakdown of the agreement was largely a matter of personalities. She said new majorities would now have to be found and talks held, adding that political disputes should not be allowed to harm residents. The municipality would continue working transparently and constructively, she said, and committee work would resume.

V2000 said it had made numerous efforts to ensure reliable cooperation before ending the agreement. It said the municipal council’s ability to act and make decisions would remain unaffected, and promised a detailed account of the reasons in the coming days and weeks.

Team Birgit Petross said the coalition’s collapse meant the “political project Scharrer 2.0” had failed. It said the council would now have to work together without a fixed coalition.

At the September 2025 election, the ÖVP came first with 33.1 per cent of the vote and 12 seats. The SPÖ won 28.1 per cent and 10 seats, while V2000 received 19 per cent and six seats. The SPÖ and V2000 later formed a coalition, and the ÖVP handed over the mayor’s office after five years.