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Österreichische Volkspartei
Placement: Law-and-order center-right
People's Party of Chancellor Christian Stocker, leading Austria's first three-party coalition since 2025, with the Social Democrats and NEOS. Christian democratic and conservative: lower taxes, security, stricter immigration, federalism of the Länder and neutrality.
In short
On the traditional scale, Österreichische Volkspartei sits in the law-and-order center-right camp. The clearest positions are on justice: strongly towards “tough on crime”; devolution: strongly towards “federalism”; immigration: strongly towards “control”; economy: fairly towards “market”. On sovereignty and foreign policy it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is liberal conservatism (93%).
Position on the 13 axes
Closest ideologies
Liberal conservatismThe Notary93%Identitarian localismThe Highlander90%Constitutional monarchismThe Loyalist89%Similar parties
CDU/CSUGermany96%
Independent IrelandIreland95%
Conservative PartyCanada95%
Noi ModeratiItaly94%Closest figures
Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.