The FPÖ party leader has invited the ÖVP to coalition talks, signalling his intention to bury the hatchet between the two parties.
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00:00A shift in power within the European Union is inevitable if Austrian far-right leader
00:07Herbert Kickl forms a government, according to a political analyst.
00:13Kickl and his Freedom Party are currently preparing for potential coalition talks with
00:17the conservative OVP party.
00:21No doubt, with Chancellor Kickl, there will be a slight shift in power within the European Union.
00:31Kickl's party secured victory in recent parliamentary elections, surpassing outgoing Chancellor
00:36Karl Nehammer and his party, which came in second.
00:40The Austrian president initially tasked Nehammer with forming a government.
00:43However, the OVP refused to enter a coalition with the Freedom Party under Kickl, leading
00:48to a political stalemate.
00:50Kickl was then greenlit to attempt to form a coalition.
00:53I would say he needs a symbolic beacon, a symbolic picture.
00:59That will certainly be a question of migration and integration.
01:03But he also has to signal that he is something like a reformer.
01:08That means he has to at least emphasize things that the previous government did not.
01:13If Kickl succeeds in forming a coalition, it would be the first far-right government
01:18in Austria since World War II.
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