Austria was excluded from the Great Power negotiations during the last years of the crisis. It was unwilling to support the decisions already taken but was also unable to prevent them.
Austria's attempts to suppress uprising in Italy in areas that Austria controls initially had to deal with the French forces supporting the uprisings.
Austria contained dozens of subjugated language groups (including the Magyars, Czechs, Slovaks, Slavs, Rumanians, Serbs, Croatians, etc.), the upsurge in nationalism threatened to tear Austria to pieces. The Austrian government's position as prime reactionary was certainly due in large part to its fear of dissolution were