Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer explains why he is quitting – and why he fears for his country after the collapse of talks to form a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party, which got the most votes in September’s election.
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00:00In the last few days, the political events have become more than superfluous.
00:05The NEOs have, to my regret, left the negotiations.
00:09The Volkspartei and I, as Obmann,
00:11but still had the aspiration to try everything
00:14to form a stable and employable government.
00:17That's why we had another round of negotiations with the SPÖ today.
00:22Unfortunately, I have to tell you today
00:24that these negotiations have been terminated
00:26and will not be continued by the Volkspartei.
00:29It is obvious that the destructive forces in the SPÖ have won the upper hand.
00:34The Volkspartei can and will not sign a program
00:38that is economic, competitive and competitive.
00:42There has been no uncertainty about this at any time.
00:45The Volkspartei and our negotiating team
00:48have always played with open cards here.
00:51My election campaign and my political activity
00:54were and are shaped by being the force of the political center
00:58to build a bulwark against the radicals.
01:01It is my deep conviction
01:03that radicals do not offer a solution to a single problem,
01:07but only live from describing problems.
01:10This is bad for Austria
01:12and it is bad for the people in our country.