People’s party tasked with coalition talks with Social Democrats after winning Freedom party fails to find partner
Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government, after the general election winner, the far-right Freedom party (FPÖ), failed to find a coalition partner to allow it to take power.
Alexander Van der Bellen, the 80-year-old head of state, told reporters he had asked Karl Nehammer, head of the centre-right People’s party (ÖVP), to begin negotiations with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPÖ).
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/22/loser-of-austrian-election-to-try-to-form-government-after-parties-shun-far-right-freedom-party
Author : Deborah Cole in Berlin
Publish date : 2024-10-22 14:45:00
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