Coalition talks between the FPÖ and ÖVP, which received a mandate to attempt to form a government last month, have gound to a halt. The two parties' leaders are set to meet with President Alexander van der Bellen.
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00:00Leaders of Austria's far-right FPÖ and conservative ÖVP met with President Alexander Van der
00:07Bellen on Tuesday after coalition talks seemed to stall.
00:12Critical voices from the ÖVP raised increasing doubts throughout the day about a successful
00:16conclusion of the talks.
00:18FPÖ's Herbert Kickl and ÖVP's Christian Stocker met at separate times with the president
00:24at his office in Vienna's Hofburg.
00:27Ahead of Tuesday's talks, Kickl still seemed positive.
00:30I was optimistic last week, I am optimistic this week.
00:34Look, it's about very, very important things for Austria.
00:37We know that the economy is in a very, very difficult situation.
00:40This concerns the employers, this concerns the employers.
00:43Unemployment is rising.
00:44We face great challenges in connection with energy prices, with expenses.
00:49And of course we also need a turnaround, a turnaround in the entire asylum and migration
00:54policy.
00:55Points of conflict include the suspension of the right of asylum demanded by the FPÖ
01:00as well as Kickl's critical stance towards the European Union.
01:04Earlier, other parties that gained seats in the parliamentary election told the ÖVP it
01:09should end coalition talks with the FPÖ.