FPÖ's controversial leader Hebert Kickl has "no coalition partners" according to reports from Vienna, with incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer asked to form the new government instead.
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00:00Austria's President has tasked incumbent Chancellor Karl Neymar with forming a new government after
00:07all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, FBO.
00:13President Alexander Van der Bellen said on Tuesday that he had asked Neymar to immediately
00:18enter into negotiations with the centre-left Social Democrats.
00:21Whoever leads the next Austrian government will have to face the consequences of the
00:52build a coalition to have a parliamentary majority.
00:56The Far-Right Freedom Party won last month's election with 28.8 per cent of the vote, the
01:01first time in its history.