MADRID 6 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, tasked this Monday the leader of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), Herbert Kickl, with the task of forming a government after the collapse last weekend of previous negotiations between conservatives, social democrats and centrists.
In a speech to the nation after a meeting with Kickl, the Austrian president recalled that the Freedom Party received the most votes in September’s legislative elections.
The president has declared himself aware of the existence of the “cordon sanitaire” imposed by the three parties that failed in the coalition negotiations and has warned that he has not “taken the step lightly” of entrusting the FPÖ with the task of forming a government. and assured that “he will ensure respect for the rule of law.”