In October of 1995, the Austrian federal government was not able to agree on a budget proposal for 1996; as a result, the coalition government broke up, and general elections were called for December 1995. A provisional budget will be in effect until the late winter or spring of 1996 when it might...

The Federal government attained the goal of budget consolidation in 1997. The net deficit declined to 2.6 percent of GDP. The other territorial authorities have also exceeded their goals. Thus, the general government deficit totaled only 2.5 percent of GDP, and Austria has easily met the budget...