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If the ÖVP is unable to adapt to those new realities, “then there shall be new elections,” Kickl mentioned. “We are ready for that.”
Mainstream events initially gave the FPÖ, which received essentially the most seats in September’s elections, the chilly shoulder. But after talks among the many different events collapsed final week, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Monday tasked Kickl with forming a brand new authorities.
The FPÖ has been in authorities earlier than, however solely as a junior accomplice. Kickl’s risk to desert the talks if his party doesn’t occupy the driving force’s seat in authorities this time round isn’t empty, in mild of the party’s rising reputation.
Not solely did the FPÖ, which was based by former Nazis in 1956, win essentially the most seats within the National Assembly in September’s elections, however its polling numbers have risen since then.
Since September the FPÖ has surged within the polls to round 35 per cent — 7 share factors above its normal election consequence.
If Kickl efficiently kinds a brand new authorities he would turn out to be Austria’s new chancellor and the nation’s first far-right chief for the reason that finish of World War II.
With Kickl in cost, Austria would be part of the rising pro-Kremlin bloc in Central Europe, led by Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Slovakia’s Robert Fico, with the Czech Republic doubtlessly following go well with if populist Andrej Babiš wins the upcoming parliamentary election in October.
