NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum

NEOS – The New Austria
NEOS – Das Neue Österreich
Abbreviation NEOS
Leader Matthias Strolz
Founded 27 October 2012 (2012-10-27)
Headquarters Vienna
Youth wing JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS
Ideology Liberalism[1]
Pro-Europeanism[2]
Political position Centre
European affiliation Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
International affiliation none
European Parliament group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours Magenta
National Council:
9 / 183
Federal Council:
0 / 62
European Parliament:
1 / 18
State parliaments
7 / 448
Website
neos.eu

NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum (German: NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum) is a liberal[3] political party in Austria.

History

The party, founded in October 2012,[4] contested the 2013 legislative election on a joint electoral list with the Young Liberals Austria and Liberal Forum.[5][6] In the election held on 29 September 2013, NEOS received 4.9% of the vote and 9 seats in the National Council.[6][7]

On 25 January 2014 NEOS absorbed the Liberal Forum, creating "NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum".[8][9][10] In March 2014, it also absorbed the independent Young Liberals (JuLis), forming the party's youth wing JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS.[11]

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.[12]

Policies and political position

The party supports direct democracy using referenda and the ending of conscription, and opposes increased property taxes and public financing of political parties.[6]

Leadership

References

  1. ↑ Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  2. ↑ "Austria's Freedom Party sees vote rise". BBC News. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Die "Neos"-Liberalen «". Diepresse.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  5. ↑ "Die Neos: Neue Partei mit grüner Unterstützung «". Diepresse.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  6. 1 2 3 Tom Lansford (7 April 2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.
  7. ↑ "Österreich - Nationalratswahl 2013". Wahl13.bmi.gv.at. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  8. ↑ "NEOS offiziell mit LIF fusioniert", Kleine Zeitung, 25 January 2014
  9. ↑ "Fusion von NEOS und LIF bestätigt", ORF.at, 25 January 2014
  10. ↑ "Liberales Forum and NEOS merge - a strong liberal voice in Austria | ALDE Party". Aldeparty.eu. 2014-01-25. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  11. ↑ "JuLis heißen nun JUNOS und sind Teil der NEOS". Der Standard (in German). 22 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Österreich - Europawahl 2014". Euwahl2014.bmi.gv.at. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
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