In the event, the ÖVP-FPÖ coalition survived its pariah status uneasily for five years, then fell apart in 2005. Today, 17 years on from that first coalition, a second coalition between the two parties of the right now seems likely. A renewed centre party coalition between the ÖVP and the SPÖ, of the kind that has ruled since 2006, is not out of the question either. Any thought that the FPÖ has become an untouchable ally for the mainstream parties in Austria has thus fallen at the first fence. International calls to treat any Austrian government that includes the FPÖ as a pariah are conspicuous by their absence too.

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2017 18:11 UTC