Austria's far right party wins vote, struggles to form coalition
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00:00He will be Austria's next chancellor if he finds a coalition partner.
00:08Herbert Kickl and his Freedom Party are the latest triumph of Europe's rising far right.
00:14We are now really going to write a new chapter in Austrian history.
00:19What we have achieved is beyond my wildest dreams.
00:25Nazis out! Nazis out!
00:28As soon as the election results were in, anti-far right protesters hit Vienna's streets,
00:33condemning the Freedom Party's past use of Nazi slogans and Hitler songs.
00:40It is not just the protesters who are unhappy with the victory of the far right.
00:45Almost all political parties refuse to get into a coalition with the Freedom Party, all but one.
00:53Sections of Austria's conservative party are open to collaborate, but not with far right leader Herbert Kickl,
01:00because of his wild conspiracy theories, they say.
01:03The Freedom Party? No.
01:05Freedom Party, yes or no?
01:07Only without Kickl.
01:10The Freedom Party, however, wants to hold on to its chairman.
01:18You can't force a party to change its leader.
01:22Meanwhile, Europe is bracing for difficult times as Austria's election winner is set to ally with the EU defiant Hungary.
01:30We want to put an end to the sell-out of our sovereignty to Brussels.
01:34The European Union wants to take over more and more powers.
01:38What should change in the EU's policy towards Ukraine?
01:41There are more and more sanctions, more and more escalation and arms deliveries.
01:46These decisions are adding fuel to the fire and we don't want that.
01:51If the Freedom Party does not find a partner, Austria's conservatives and social democrats could team up for a government without far right participation,
02:00having though only a very slim majority in parliament.
02:03Johannes Blechberger, CGTN, Vienna.