Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed a second time.
Austria's acting foreign minister, Alexander Schallenberg, took over as acting chancellor on Friday following the resignation of Christian Democrat Karl Nehammer, who stepped down last week after his attempt to form a government with the Social Democrats and Liberals to oust the far-right FPÖ party from power failed.
Austria's ruling conservatives picked Secretary-General Christian Stocker as interim successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Austrian media reported on Sunday, after Nehammer quit as his attempts to form a coalition government without the far right fell apart.
President Alexander Van der Bellen’s office said in a statement that the head of state will formally task Schallenberg with “continuing the management of the chancellery and leading the interim govern
Austria is heading for coalition talks led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after Chancellor Karl Nehammer's attempt to form a centrist government unraveled. Christian Stocker of the OVP assumes interim leadership,
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Austria is heading towards coalition talks led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after previous talks collapsed, prompting Chancellor Karl Nehammer's resignation. With growing support for the FPO,
Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer has said he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed for a second time. The announcement came after the People's Party ...
The conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) has appointed its general secretary as its new leader after Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced his resignation from the post following the collapse of coalition talks over the weekend.