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Austria's Government Formation Efforts End in Failure

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Austria's far-right populist Freedom Party (FP) has officially ended its attempts to form a coalition government with the conservative People's Party (VP) after several weeks of negotiations, marking the second failed attempt since the September election. The FP, known for its anti-immigration and eurosceptic views, had been negotiating with the VP since early January, but talks broke down due to disagreements over key positions, with FP leader Herbert Kickl insisting on holding the interior and finance ministries. The VP subsequently stated that the talks failed due to Kickl's "thirst for power and uncompromising attitude". The FP is now in a state of political uncertainty.

  1. AT
    Herbert Kickl
    Austrian Freedom Party
    1. Although we made concessions to the ÖVP on many points, they were not prepared to make decisive compromises. The ÖVP was concerned with power games and posturing - we, the Freedom Party, were concerned with security, prosperity and honesty.
    2. Although we made concessions to the ÖVP on many points … we regret that the negotiations were ultimately unsuccessful.
  2. AT
    Alexander Pröll
    Austrian People's Party
    1. Herbert Kickl himself was hardly involved in the government negotiations. In five weeks, Kickl sat at the negotiating table for a total of seven hours.
    2. He did not fulfil his mandate to form… a centre-right government. Instead, he insisted on all his demands, developed fantasies of total power and ended the talks.

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sources

  1. 1.Daily Sabah
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.BBC

perspectives

  1. 1.Election
  2. 2.Immigration to Europe
  3. 3.Inflation
  4. 4.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
  5. 5.Terrorist Attacks in Europe
  6. 6.Austria under Alexander Van der Bellen

countries

  1. 1.AustriaAT
  2. 2.Russian FederationRU
  3. 3.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
  2. 2.Austrian People's Party
  3. 3.Social Democratic Party
  4. 4.Austrian Freedom PartyAT
  5. 5.European Union
  6. 6.NEOS-New Austria

persons

  1. 1.Alexander Van Der BellenAT
  2. 2.Herbert KicklAT
  3. 3.Alexander Schallenberg
  4. 4.Karl NehammerAT
  5. 5.Alexander PröllAT
  6. 6.Christian StockerAT
  7. 7.Peter FilzmaierAT
  8. 8.Thomas HoferAT

technicals

  1. 1.Alps
  2. 2.Nazism
  3. 3.World War II