After several rounds of exploratory talks, Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced the preliminary decision to form a coalition between three parties - ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS.
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00:00Coalition negotiations have officially begun in Austria, following several rounds of exploratory
00:08talks. Seven weeks after the national elections, a preliminary decision on Austria's future
00:13government was made on Monday. The far-right Freedom Party won the national elections in
00:19September. However, Austria's federal president gave the mandate to form a government to the
00:24runner-up, Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People's Party, as no party was willing to work together
00:29with the FPO and its party head, Herbert Kickl.
01:00Nehammer's coalition with the Social Democrats and liberals excludes the FPÖ. A three-party
01:08alliance, as is being proposed, would be a first in Austria.