US EditionAustria’s president tasks Herbert Kickl, leader of Austria’s right-wing FPÖ, with forming a new government
- Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen has tasked Herbert Kickl, leader of the far-right Freedom Party, with forming a coalition government.
- If successful, this will mark the first time Austria has a government led by the Eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party.
- President Van der Bellen stated he had not taken 'this step lightly' in appointing Kickl.
- Polls suggest that a new election could further strengthen the Freedom Party's position amid rising voter anger about immigration and inflation.
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Orbán Ally Herbert Kickl Asked to Form Government in Austria
Three months after Austria’s parliamentary elections, a significant political shift has occurred in the neighbouring country of Hungary. Coalition talks between the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), and the liberal NEOS have collapsed, prompting federal President Alexander Van der Bellen to invite Herbert Kickl, leader of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), to form a government. Kickl, who had been politically isola…
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