Austrian president tasks far-right leader with forming government
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen tasked the leader of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) on Monday with forming a coalition government after a centrist bid to assemble one without the FPO ...
Far-right Freedom Party of Austria tasked with forming government
Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially tasked the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) with forming a government. Van der Bellen made the announcement at a press conference in ...
Austria's far right gets chance to lead a government for first time since World War II
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has asked the leader of the country's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) to form a new ruling coalition in what could yield the first far-right-led government in ...
Austria's far-right Freedom Party asked to form government
The Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially asked the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria to form a government.
Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II
VIENNA (AP) — The leader of Austria's Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds.
A far-right leader could soon take the helm in EU member country Austria. Here's why it matters
President Alexander Van der Bellen on Monday tasked its leader, Herbert Kickl, with trying to put together a coalition in the coming weeks or months. The Freedom Party was founded in 1956 by former ...
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Austria Coalition Talks Collapse, Raising Prospects for the Far Right
Austria’s president, Alexander Van der Bellen, was expected to give Mr. Kickl, whose party won the most seats in the national assembly in September elections, the task of forming a coalition ...
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Austria's polarising far-right leader bids to become chancellor
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Monday tasked Kickl, head of the eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party (FPO), with forming a coalition government after a centrist bid to assemble ...
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Austrian chancellor quits as coalition talks collapse
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, a former leader of the Greens, therefore tasked Nehammer with forming a government. Now that Nehammer is stepping down, the two most likely options are ...
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Austria’s new centre-right leader open to coalition with far right
Stocker’s statement came after Austria’s president Alexander Van der Bellen announced that he would meet FPÖ’s leader Herbert Kickl on Monday. Observers expect Van der Bellen to ask Kickl ...
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Austria's chancellor to quit as coalition talks collapse
The party has called for Social Democrat leader Andreas Babler to also resign and said President Alexander Van der Bellen bears "a significant share of responsibility for the chaos that has arisen ...