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Austria’s far-right leader to invite centre right for coalition talks

Guardian

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Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen gave the green light to far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Herbert Kickl to attempt and form the new ruling coalition after the two met in Vienna on Monday.
Euronews
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When the Freedom Party first entered national government as a junior partner back at the turn of the millennium, Austria faced punitive measures from other EU states who were outraged that a party founded by former Nazis had catapulted itself from the fringes into the heart of politics in Vienna.
Deutsche Welle
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Those efforts collapsed at the weekend, prompting President Alexander van der Bellen to task Kickl with forming a government, giving Kickl a chance to become Austria's first FPO chancellor since his party was founded in the 1950s under a leader who had been a senior SS officer and Nazi lawmaker.
The Gazette
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Austria's far-right Freedom Party, founded by a former SS brigadier general, received a mandate Monday to form a new government, which if successful would be the first led by the far-right since World War II.
Haaretz

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