Austria’s President Denies Right-Wing Freedom Party Chance to Form Government

Published on October 23, 2024

Austria’s president has denied the populist Freedom Party (FPO) the chance to form a ruling coalition, and instead entered talks with the center-right People’s Party (OVP), the runner-up in September’s election. Last month, the right-wing FPO secured its highest share of the national vote for the first time, beating Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s governing OVP. However, FPO will not be ruling after President Alexander Van der Bellen announced on Tuesday that he was asking Nehammer, whose party came second, to hold coalition talks. In Austria’s coalition-based electoral system, the party or coalition with a majority in the National Council typically forms the government....

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