Following the failure of previous
negotiations to form a government, Austria's president,
Alexander Van der Bellen, has begun meeting with Herbert Kickl,
the leader of the far-right party Fpö. According to Austrian
news agency Apa, Kickl arrived at the presidential office
shortly before 11. It remains to be seen whether Kickl will
actually be tasked with forming a government, and the
conversation may not be brief.
After months of negotiations, the negotiating table between the
People's Party of Prime Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP), the Social
Democrats (SPÖ), and the centrist liberals of NEOS collapsed two
days ago when the latter withdrew due to disagreements with the
other two interlocutors. The negotiations aimed at a three-way
government coalition to isolate Kickl's FPÖ, which came first in
the October general elections but could not find allies to
govern. Chancellor Nehammer said he would resign "in a few
days."
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