Alexander Schallenberg from the center-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) will take over as chancellor on Friday following the resignation of Karl Nehammer over the breakdown of coalition talks among Vienna’s mainstream parties.
New negotiations, led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), are set to kick off in the coming days.
President Alexander Van der Bellen will “entrust” Schallenberg with the top job in the meantime, the president’s office told news agency APA.
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