The Austrian president announced he will meet with the FPÖ leader a day after Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he would resign after talks on forming a new government failed for a second time.
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00:00Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen announced he will meet with the right-wing
00:06Freedom Party's leader, Herbert Kickl, after multiple failed government coalition attempts.
00:14It comes after he met with Chancellor Karl Niehammer, who previously announced his intention
00:18to resign after failed coalition attempts between his conservative Austrian People's
00:23Party, the center-left Social Democrats and the liberal NEOs.
00:27During these talks, it turned out that the voices within the People's Party, which
00:35are in cooperation with a FPÖ under Herbert Kickl, have become much quieter.
00:43This, in turn, means that a new path may open up, which did not exist before.
00:51Van der Bellen said Niehammer is to remain in his position until he appoints a new chancellor.
00:56Meanwhile, Austria's ruling Conservative Party nominated its General Secretary Christian
01:01Stocker to succeed Niehammer.