Austria swears in Schallenberg as interim chancellor after Nehammer steps down

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Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has been entrusted to lead the country in the interim as negotiations to form the country's new leading coalition continue.

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00:00Alexander Schellenberg, Austria's foreign minister, was sworn in as interim chancellor

00:08on Friday while the country works to form a new government.

00:13Schellenberg, 55, is stepping in after conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer, part of the Austrian

00:20People's Party, announced his resignation last weekend.

00:25Nehammer decided to step down after failing to form a coalition without including the

00:31far-right Freedom Party.

00:33But following Nehammer's resignation, his Austrian People's Party reversed its stance

00:39and is now open to working with the far-right Freedom Party, led by Herbert Kickl.

00:46The interim leader of the People's Party, Christian Stocker, said he will meet with

00:51Kickl.

00:52He will be Schellenberg's second brief term as Austria's leader.

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