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Austrian Coalition Talks Collapse, Averting a Far-Right Chancellor for Now. The plan by the far-right Freedom Party to run Austria was halted by a disagreement over who would lead the all ...
They have put support for the Freedom Party at 27%, with the conservative Austrian People’s Party of Chancellor Karl Nehammer on 25% and the center-left Social Democrats on 21%.
The Freedom Party on Sunday secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria. But political rivals have said they won’t work with the party's leader.
Herbert Kickl, leader of Austria's right-wing Freedom Party, met with President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday, further fueling rumors that he will be asked to form a government.
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday announced that he would meet with far-right politician Herbert Kickl as speculation grows that he will ask the Freedom Party ...
BERLIN — Austria’s three leading centrist parties said Thursday that they have reached an agreement to form a coalition ...
Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz declared victory Sunday as his People's Party finished first in parliamentary elections, cementing the nation’s rightward shift and paving the way for ...
The party electorate shrank from 1.3 million voters in 2017 to about 769,000 in 2019, with 258,000 former FPÖ votes switching to the center-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), headed by ...
Sebastian Kurz, left, the leader of Austrian People's Party, and Werner Kogler, head of the Austrian Green Party, at the end of a news conference to present the government program in Vienna on Jan. 2.
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday announced that he would meet with far-right politician Herbert Kickl as speculation grows that he will ask the Freedom Party ...
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday announced that he would meet with far-right politician Herbert Kickl as speculation grows that he will ask the Freedom Party ...
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday announced that he would meet with far-right politician Herbert Kickl as speculation grows that he will ask the Freedom ...