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Austria's far-right leader gets mandate to form government for first time since World War II

2025-01-06 16:18:59Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Austria's far-right leader gets mandate to form government for first time
Herbert Kickl

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Monday gave the mandate to form a new government to the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl.

Mr. Kickl's party was the winner of Austria's September general election with 28.8 percent of the vote, but President Alexander Van der Bellen gave the conservative Austrian People's Party, which came in second in the election, led by outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer, the opportunity to form a new government after other parties refused to cooperate with the far-right party.

Efforts to form a governing coalition without the far right failed earlier this year, forcing Chancellor Nehammer to resign on Saturday.

After his resignation, the People's Party signaled that it might be open to governing under Mr. Kickl.

There is no guarantee that negotiations between the two parties will be successful, but with the current composition of parliament, a coalition between them remains the only option for forming a government. Polls suggest that new elections would further strengthen the far-right party.

Hundreds of protesters gathered on Monday in front of the Austrian President's office in Vienna to oppose the creation of a far-right government, chanting "All against fascism" and holding banners reading "Shame."

"We don't want to wake up in a fascist state. We don't even want to wake up in an authoritarian system like in Hungary. We want to preserve democracy in Austria and strengthen it," says protester Martin Fuchs.

The conservatives and the far-right party have governed together in the past, with the Freedom Party as a junior coalition partner. Mr. Kickl served as interior minister the last time the two parties were in power, between 2017 and 2019.

In its election platform, the Freedom Party calls for the expulsion of immigrants, or as it puts it: “the re-migration of uninvited foreigners,” as well as for the creation of a “more homogeneous” state through strict border control and the suspension of the right to asylum.

This party also calls for an end to sanctions against Russia, is critical of Western military aid to Ukraine, and wants to withdraw from the European Air Defense Initiative, a missile defense project launched by Germany.

Mr. Kickl has criticized the so-called "elites" in Brussels and has called for some of the powers now in the hands of the European Union to be returned to Austria./VOA


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