Stocker, a lawyer and member of the Austrian Parliament, has served as general secretary of the People's Party since 2022

Herbert Kickl, leader of Austria's right-wing Freedom Party, met with President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday, further fueling rumors that he will be asked to form a government.

Karl Nehammer announced on Saturday he would step down in the next few days after coalition talks with the Social Democrats collapsed.

Austria's centrist parties may come to their senses and try a second round of coalition talks, or form a minority government. And even if Kickl does prevail, that doesn't mean he'll succeed. He'll soon realise governing is far harder than campaigning.

Since then, the conservatives have agreed to form a government with the far-right under a Chancellor Kickl. Kickl has successfully lobbied by promising the capital associations that he would implement the economic programme of the conservatives if he could take over the chancellery and important ministries.

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Known for scripting speeches for Austria’s first successful FPO leader, Jorg Haider, in the 1990s, Kickl now aspires to become Austria's first 'Volkskanzler' (People’s Chancellor) since Adolf Hitler -

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Centre-left and far-right compete in Linz mayoral race, Carinthians vote against new wind turbines, and an Austrian woman kidnapped in Niger—plus more stories from Austria on Monday.

Herbert Kickl faces a rocky road to Brussels if the Freedom Party politician is indeed elected as Austria's next chancellor.

Austria's far-right party said on Monday it had agreed with the conservatives on a roadmap to shrink the country's budget deficit in order to comply with European Union spending rules.

followed closely by the center-right People’s Party (ÖVP). Chancellor Karl Nehammer resigned after having failed, after prolonged talks, to form a coalition with the social democrats and liberals. On January 6, President Van der Bellen asked Kickl to ...