http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210509-211103-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/muddling-through-mutation-times-or-the-return-of-federalism-in-austria/ Muddling through Mutation Times or the Return of Federalism in Austria Lachmayer, Konrad eng 2021-05-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Austria COVID 19 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 While the Austrian government´s reactions during the first wave of Covid-19 in spring 2020 are considered to have been successful, disillusionment followed in the fall 2020 with a second wave, for which the government did not seem to have prepared properly. The third period (January to April 2021), on which I will focus in this blog entry, shows a mixed performance of the government.