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Austria’s chancellor asked to form new government after parties refuse to work with far-right leader
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 24, 2024 07:35pm |
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| Author | Philipp Jenne and Geir Moulson |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 22, 2024 03:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s president on Tuesday tasked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, which last month won a national election for the first time.
Traditionally, the head of state has asked the leader of the strongest party to form a government. But President Alexander Van der Bellen dispensed with that tradition this time after the Sept. 29 parliamentary election produced a stalemate.
Whoever leads the next government will need to build a coalition to have a parliamentary majority. But Nehammer’s conservative Austrian People’s Party has said it wouldn’t work with the Freedom Party under its leader, Herbert Kickl. The other three parties in the new parliament said they wouldn’t work with the Freedom Party at all. And Kickl said the Freedom Party would only go into government with him as chancellor. |
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