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Austrian far right demands conservatives be ‘honest’ in coalition talks

2025.01.07 10:52

© Reuters. Far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) leader Herbert Kickl addresses the media in Vienna, Austria, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner

VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl confirmed on Tuesday he plans to invite the conservative People’s Party (OVP) to hold coalition talks after he was tasked with forming a coalition government.

Kickl said in a statement he would extend the invitation once his party’s leadership signs off on the move at a meeting on Tuesday evening. The OVP is his only potential coalition partner but he called on it to be “honest” in talks or face a snap election, with support for the FPO rising.



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