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<ul><li><a href="Constitution_of_Austria" title="Constitution of Austria">Constitution</a> (<a href="Federal_Constitutional_Law_(Austrian_act)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Constitutional Law (Austrian act)">B-VG</a>)</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="Taxation_in_Austria" title="Taxation in Austria">Taxation</a></li>
<li><a href="Austrian_State_Treaty" title="Austrian State Treaty">State Treaty</a></li>
<li><a href="Human_rights_in_Austria" title="Human rights in Austria">Human rights</a></li>
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<ul><li><b><a href="President_of_Austria" title="President of Austria">President</a></b> (<a href="List_of_presidents_of_Austria" title="List of presidents of Austria">list</a>)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Chancellor_of_Austria" title="Chancellor of Austria">Chancellor</a></b> (<a href="List_of_Chancellors_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chancellors of Austria">list</a>)</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="Christian_Stocker" title="Christian Stocker">Christian Stocker</a></li></ul>
<ul><li><b><a href="Vice-Chancellor_of_Austria" title="Vice-Chancellor of Austria">Vice Chancellor</a></b> (<a href="Vice_Chancellor_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Chancellor of Austria">list</a>)</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="Andreas_Babler" title="Andreas Babler">Andreas Babler</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Cabinet_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Austria">Cabinet</a> · <a href="Minister_(Austria)" title="Minister (Austria)">Ministers</a></li></ul></div></div></td>
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<p><a href="August_W%C3%B6ginger" title="August Wöginger">Wöginger</a> <span style="color:#63c3d0;"><b>•</b></span> <a href="Andreas_Babler" title="Andreas Babler">Babler</a> <span style="color:red;"><b>•</b></span> <a href="Herbert_Kickl" title="Herbert Kickl">Kickl</a> <span style="color:#0056A2;"><b>•</b></span> <a href="Sigrid_Maurer" title="Sigrid Maurer">Maurer</a> <span style="color:green;"><b>•</b></span> <a href="Beate_Meinl-Reisinger" title="Beate Meinl-Reisinger">Meinl-Reisinger</a> <span style="color:#e84188;"><b>•</b></span>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Federal_Council_(Austria)" title="Federal Council (Austria)">Federal Council</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li>Upper house of parliament</li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Federal_Assembly_(Austria)" title="Federal Assembly (Austria)">Federal Assembly</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li>Joint session of both houses</li></ul></div></div></td>
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<ul><li><a href="Constitutional_Court_(Austria)" title="Constitutional Court (Austria)">Constitutional Court</a></li></ul>
<ul><li>(judicial review)</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="Supreme_Court_of_Justice_(Austria)" title="Supreme Court of Justice (Austria)">Supreme Court of Justice</a></li></ul>
<ul><li>(civil and criminal cases)</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="Supreme_Administrative_Court_(Austria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Administrative Court (Austria)">Supreme Administrative Court</a></li></ul>
<ul><li>(administrative law cases)</li></ul></div></div></td>
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<ul><li>Legislative:</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="2019_Austrian_legislative_election" title="2019 Austrian legislative election">2019</a></li>
<li><a href="2024_Austrian_legislative_election" title="2024 Austrian legislative election">2024</a></li>
<li><a href="Next_Austrian_legislative_election" title="Next Austrian legislative election"><i>next</i></a></li></ul>
<ul><li>Presidential:</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="2010_Austrian_presidential_election" title="2010 Austrian presidential election">2010</a></li>
<li><a href="2016_Austrian_presidential_election" title="2016 Austrian presidential election">2016</a></li>
<li><a href="2022_Austrian_presidential_election" title="2022 Austrian presidential election">2022</a></li></ul>
<ul><li>European:</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="2014 European Parliament election in Austria">2014</a></li>
<li><a href="2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="2019 European Parliament election in Austria">2019</a></li>
<li><a href="2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="2024 European Parliament election in Austria">2024</a></li></ul></div></div></td>
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<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="List_of_political_parties_in_Austria" title="List of political parties in Austria">Political parties</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><span typeof="mw:File"></span>
<ul><li><b><a href="Austrian_People's_Party" title="Austrian People's Party">People's Party</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_chairpersons_of_the_Austrian_People's_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="List of chairpersons of the Austrian People's Party">Chairman</a>: <a href="Christian_Stocker" title="Christian Stocker">Christian Stocker</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria" title="Social Democratic Party of Austria">Social Democratic Party</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="Chairperson_of_the_Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairperson of the Social Democratic Party of Austria">Chairman</a>: <a href="Andreas_Babler" title="Andreas Babler">Andreas Babler</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Freedom_Party_of_Austria" title="Freedom Party of Austria">Freedom Party</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li>Chairman: <a href="Herbert_Kickl" title="Herbert Kickl">Herbert Kickl</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="The_Greens_(Austria)" title="The Greens (Austria)">Green Party</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="Spokesperson_of_the_Austrian_Green_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party">Spokesman</a>: <a href="Werner_Kogler" title="Werner Kogler">Werner Kogler</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="NEOS_(Austria)" title="NEOS (Austria)">NEOS</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li>Chairwoman: <a href="Beate_Meinl-Reisinger" title="Beate Meinl-Reisinger">Beate Meinl-Reisinger</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Burgenland" title="Burgenland">Burgenland</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_governors_of_Burgenland" title="List of governors of Burgenland">Governor</a>: <a href="Hans_Peter_Doskozil" title="Hans Peter Doskozil">Doskozil</a> (SPÖ)</li></ul>
<ul><li>Capital: <a href="Eisenstadt" title="Eisenstadt">Eisenstadt</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Carinthia" title="Carinthia">Carinthia</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_governors_of_Carinthia" title="List of governors of Carinthia">Governor</a>: <a href="Peter_Kaiser" title="Peter Kaiser">Kaiser</a> (SPÖ)</li></ul>
<ul><li>Capital: <a href="Klagenfurt" class="mw-redirect" title="Klagenfurt">Klagenfurt</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Lower_Austria" title="Lower Austria">Lower Austria</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_governors_of_Lower_Austria" title="List of governors of Lower Austria">Governor</a>: <a href="Johanna_Mikl-Leitner" title="Johanna Mikl-Leitner">Mikl-Leitner</a> (ÖVP)</li></ul>
<ul><li>Capital: <a href="Sankt_P%C3%B6lten" title="Sankt Pölten">Sankt Pölten</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Salzburg_(federal_state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salzburg (federal state)">Salzburg</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_governors_of_Salzburg_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of governors of Salzburg (state)">Governor</a>: <a href="Wilfried_Haslauer_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Wilfried Haslauer Jr.">Haslauer</a> (ÖVP)</li></ul>
<ul><li>Capital: <a href="Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Styria" title="Styria">Styria</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_governors_of_Styria" title="List of governors of Styria">Governor</a>: <a href="Christopher_Drexler" title="Christopher Drexler">Drexler</a> (ÖVP)</li></ul>
<ul><li>Capital: <a href="Graz" title="Graz">Graz</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Tyrol_(federal_state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrol (federal state)">Tyrol</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_governors_of_Tyrol" title="List of governors of Tyrol">Governor</a>: <a href="Anton_Mattle" title="Anton Mattle">Mattle</a> (ÖVP)</li></ul>
<ul><li>Capital: <a href="Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Upper_Austria" title="Upper Austria">Upper Austria</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_governors_of_Upper_Austria" title="List of governors of Upper Austria">Governor</a>: <a href="Thomas_Stelzer_(politician)" title="Thomas Stelzer (politician)">Stelzer</a> (ÖVP)</li></ul>
<ul><li>Capital: <a href="Linz" title="Linz">Linz</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Vorarlberg" title="Vorarlberg">Vorarlberg</a></b></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_governors_of_Vorarlberg" title="List of governors of Vorarlberg">Governor</a>: <a href="Markus_Wallner" title="Markus Wallner">Wallner</a> (ÖVP)</li></ul>
<ul><li>Capital: <a href="Bregenz" title="Bregenz">Bregenz</a></li></ul>
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<p>The <b>Declaration of Neutrality</b> (<a href="German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Neutralitätserklärung</i>) was a declaration by the <a href="Austrian_Parliament" title="Austrian Parliament">Austrian Parliament</a> declaring the country permanently <a href="Neutral_country" title="Neutral country">neutral</a>. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the <a href="Constitution_of_Austria" title="Constitution of Austria">Constitution of Austria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Pursuant to resolution of the Federal Assembly of Parliament following the <a href="Austrian_State_Treaty" title="Austrian State Treaty">Austrian State Treaty</a>, Austria declared "its permanent neutrality of its own accord".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second section of this law stated: "In all future times Austria will not join any military alliances and will not permit the establishment of any foreign military bases on her territory."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the <a href="Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, the <a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, the <a href="United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, and <a href="France" title="France">France</a> between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the <a href="Austrian_State_Treaty" title="Austrian State Treaty">Austrian State Treaty</a> of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed to declaring neutrality after the allied forces had left the country.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Since 1955,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> neutrality has become a deeply ingrained element of Austrian identity. An opinion poll from March 2022 found that 76% favored Austria remaining neutral, versus 18% who supported <a href="Austria%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Austria–NATO relations">joining NATO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Membership of Austria in the <a href="European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (or its predecessor organizations) was controversial due to the Austrian commitment to neutrality. Austria only joined the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bloc" class="extiw external" title="wikt:bloc">bloc</a> in <a href="1995_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="1995 enlargement of the European Union">1995</a> together with <a href="Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> and <a href="Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> which had also declared their neutrality in the Cold War, following a <a href="1994_Austrian_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="1994 Austrian European Union membership referendum">referendum on accession</a>.
</p><p>In 1995, Austria joined <a href="NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>'s <a href="Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a> program, but only after Russia had done so.
</p><p>In March 2023, <a href="Freedom_Party_of_Austria" title="Freedom Party of Austria">Freedom Party</a> politicians walked out of a speech delivered by <a href="Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukrainian</a> President <a href="Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" title="Volodymyr Zelenskyy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> to the Austrian parliament on the 400th day of the <a href="Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>. They argued the speech violated Austria's neutrality and left placards reading "space for neutrality" and "space for peace" on their desks.
</p><p>In 2023, Austria joined the <a href="European_Sky_Shield_Initiative" title="European Sky Shield Initiative">European Sky Shield Initiative</a> created in 2022 as a reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The project would fund a European missile defense system. The government argued that because their resources are being pooled with other countries, it is not a violation of their neutrality.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_collaborations">International collaborations</h2></div>
<p>Austria <a href="Austrian_Armed_Forces#International_operations" title="Austrian Armed Forces">engages</a> in UN-led peacekeeping and other humanitarian missions. It participates in:
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<ul><li><a href="Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">KFOR</a>, with up to 561 soldiers. This mission is alongside NATO forces. Other countries in this mission include <a href="Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, even more well-known for its neutrality.</li>
<li><a href="EUFOR" class="mw-redirect" title="EUFOR">EUFOR</a> (former <a href="SFOR" class="mw-redirect" title="SFOR">SFOR</a>) in <a href="Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, since 2 December 2004 under <a href="European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> Command</li>
<li><a href="United_Nations_Interim_Force_in_Lebanon" title="United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon">United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon</a> (UNIFIL) in <a href="Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>.</li></ul>
<p>In 2023, Austria (and Switzerland) joined a coalition of European, mostly NATO-allied countries in the <a href="European_Sky_Shield_Initiative" title="European Sky Shield Initiative">European Sky Shield Initiative</a> (ESSI), which is a project to build an integrated air defence system with anti-ballistic missile capability.
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<ul><li><a href="Austria%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Austria–NATO relations">Austria–NATO relations</a></li>
<li><a href="Finlandization" title="Finlandization">Finlandization</a></li>
<li><a href="Irish_neutrality" title="Irish neutrality">Irish neutrality</a></li>
<li><a href="Moldovan_neutrality" title="Moldovan neutrality">Moldovan neutrality</a></li>
<li><a href="Swedish_neutrality" title="Swedish neutrality">Swedish neutrality</a></li>
<li><a href="Swiss_neutrality" title="Swiss neutrality">Swiss neutrality</a></li>
<li><a href="Neutral_and_Non-Aligned_European_States" title="Neutral and Non-Aligned European States">Neutral and Non-Aligned European States</a></li>
<li><a href="Neutral_member_states_in_the_European_Union" title="Neutral member states in the European Union">Neutral member states in the European Union</a></li></ul>
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