Austrian coalition talks led by far-right FPÖ break down

The far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) had been tasked with leading negotiations to form a government in Vienna after previous negotiations fell apart.

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00:00Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said on Wednesday that talks on forming a coalition

00:08government with the Conservative People's Party have collapsed.

00:12Meanwhile, Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen said that he will continue to search

00:17for a new government.

00:20I will conduct talks with politicians in the coming days to select which of the four mentioned

00:32options can be successful, as soon as possible, as long as necessary, because it is about

00:38finally finding compromises.

00:43The President also said that the country has four options in moving forward.

00:48First, the Parliament could decide on new elections, until which time the interim government

00:54stays in place.

00:55Second, a minority government with the approval of Parliament.

00:59Third, a government of experts working together with the Parliament.

01:04And fourth, the possibility of forming a majority for a coalition government, efforts for which

01:09have so far failed.