Austrian president to meet with right-wing Freedom Party after failed coalition attempts

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The Austrian president announced he will meet with the FPÖ leader a day after Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he would resign after talks on forming a new government failed for a second time.

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00:00Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen announced he will meet with the right-wing

00:06Freedom Party's leader, Herbert Kickl, after multiple failed government coalition attempts.

00:14It comes after he met with Chancellor Karl Niehammer, who previously announced his intention

00:18to resign after failed coalition attempts between his conservative Austrian People's

00:23Party, the center-left Social Democrats and the liberal NEOs.

00:27During these talks, it turned out that the voices within the People's Party, which

00:35are in cooperation with a FPÖ under Herbert Kickl, have become much quieter.

00:43This, in turn, means that a new path may open up, which did not exist before.

00:51Van der Bellen said Niehammer is to remain in his position until he appoints a new chancellor.

00:56Meanwhile, Austria's ruling Conservative Party nominated its General Secretary Christian

01:01Stocker to succeed Niehammer.

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