 The two parties saw considerable losses in the election but continued their grand coalition under Chancellor Werner Faymann (SPÖ).In February 2009, Interior Minister Dr. Maria Fekter (ÖVP) set up a working group, inviting delegations from all Austrian LGBT rights organizations to hold talks, including the "Rechtskomitee Lambda" (Lambda Legal Committee), "RosaLila PantherInnen" (Pink and Lavender Panthers) and HOSI Linz, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vienna, on the issue of partnership recognition for same-sex couples.Maria Fekter announced that a bill for registered partnerships () would be introduced and enacted in autumn 2009 and would become legal on 1 January 2010.