Aljazeera
In a major U-turn, Christian Stocker says he will enter into coalition talks with the far right if invited to do so.
Austria’s conservatives have said they are ready to enter into negotiations with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) to form a new government, in a U-turn in policy after coalition talks with the Social Democrats and liberals broke down.
The European Union country was plunged into political turmoil after conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Saturday broke off talks to form a centrist government without the far right, the party that got the most votes in national elections in September.
<snip>
Stocker had long repeated Nehammer’s position that the OVP would not govern with the far right, but he said the situation had now changed and that he had been authorised by his party to enter into coalition talks with the FPO if invited to do so.
“This country needs a stable government right now, and we can’t keep losing time to election campaigns or elections that we don’t have,” Stocker said.
Recent Comments