Officially, the party is called „NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum“ and has only existed in this form for a good ten years. It has been in contact with the FDP for some time: Back in 2017, Christian Lindner visited party leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger during the election campaign in Vienna, who in turn praised her German colleague after the 2021 federal election: As finance minister, he would ensure „that a responsible policy for the next generations is implemented over the coming years“.