Abbreviation NEOS Headquarters Vienna | Leader Matthias Strolz | |
Founded 27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) Youth wing JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS Ideology Liberalism
Pro-Europeanism | ||
NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum (German: NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum) is a liberal political party in Austria.
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History
The party, founded in October 2012, contested the 2013 legislative election on a joint electoral list with the Young Liberals Austria and Liberal Forum. In the election held on 29 September 2013, NEOS received 4.9% of the vote and 9 seats in the National Council.
On 25 January 2014 NEOS absorbed the Liberal Forum, creating "NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum". In March 2014, it also absorbed the independent Young Liberals (JuLis), forming the party's youth wing JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS.
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.
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.