Herbert Kickl invites ÖVP to hold coalition talks

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The head of Austrian far-right Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, invited the conservative Austrian People's Party to coalition talks after being tasked with forming a government.

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00:00Austrian far-right Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl extended an olive branch to the conservative

00:07Austria's People Party, sharing plans to invite them to coalition talks despite a history

00:13of clashing heads.

00:14His comments come after Austrian President Alexander von der Bellen gave him the green

00:19light to attempt to form a ruling coalition after the OVP failed to do so.

00:25It is my intention to invite the party presidium to join the OVP in negotiations, if such a

00:34sustainable common ground, which I have outlined earlier, can be found.

00:41The conservative OVP is the only viable coalition partner for the FPO.

00:46But Kickl urged the party to be honest in talks or face the threat of a snap election.

00:52Well, the question is whether we can solve all the problems we have in the state of Austria.

00:59That will be seen with the coalition, with the OVP.

01:03Yes, not good.

01:05But that is not only in Austria, but in all of Europe.

01:09Democracy is disappearing.

01:12And that is shit.

01:15That's what I think.

01:17Kickl said it still needs to be seen whether the coalition would be viable or not.

01:22However, he also said he does not want to lose any time and now wants to start a political

01:27firefighting operation.

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