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Coalition talks between Austria’s two biggest centrist parties collapse

Coalition talks between Austria’s two biggest centrist parties collapse



Chancellor Karl Nehammer to step down after failure to form government without far-right Freedom partyTalks between the two biggest centrist parties in Austria on forming a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) have collapsed, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Saturday, adding that he would step down in the coming days.The announcement came a day after a third party, the small, liberal Neos, threw the process into disarray by saying it was quitting the talks, blaming the other parties for failing to take the bold and decisive action it said it had called for. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2025-01-04 20:23:00

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