(22 Oct 2024)
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Vienna, Austria – 22 October 2024
1. Wide of Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen arriving for statement
2. SOUNDBITE (German) Alexander Van der Bellen, Austrian President:
“This means – confirmed several times, with time for consideration, with additional talks, clearly and unmistakably – Herbert Kickl finds no coalition partner who is going to make him chancellor. Ladies and gentlemen, now it’s about finding a different way to bring about a government which is capable of acting, stable and upright – as fast as possible. Therefore, I am authorizing Karl Nehammer, the leader of the second strongest party in parliament, to form a government. I have told Karl Nehammer personally this morning.”
3. Close of Austrian flag
4. Mid of photographer
5. SOUNDBITE (German) Alexander Van der Bellen, Austrian President:
“Secondly, I want it to be clarified whether OVP (Austrian People’s Party) and SPO (Social Democratic Party of Austria) can form a stable government with the narrow majority they have in parliament or whether a third party should be included in the upcoming negotiations.”
6. Wide of Van der Bellen leaving
STORYLINE:
Austria’s president on Tuesday tasked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, which last month won a national election for the first time.
Speaking at a news conference, Van der Bellen told reporters, "Now it’s about finding a different way to bring about a government which is capable of acting, stable and upright – as fast as possible."
Whoever leads the next government will need to build a coalition to have a parliamentary majority.
But Nehammer’s conservative Austrian People’s Party has said that it wouldn’t work with the Freedom Party under its leader, Herbert Kickl.
The other three parties in the new parliament said they wouldn’t work with the Freedom Party at all.
And Kickl said the Freedom Party would only go into government with him as chancellor.
"Therefore, I am authorizing Karl Nehammer, the leader of the second strongest party in parliament, to form a government," the president said.
The Freedom Party finished first in the election with 28.8% of the vote, ahead of Nehammer’s party, which took 26.3%. The center-left Social Democrats were third with 21.1%.
The outgoing governing coalition of Nehammer’s party and the environmentalist Greens lost its majority.
Van der Bellen on Oct. 9 asked the leaders of the three strongest parties to hold talks on possible cooperation.
They reported back on Monday, and the president said all had stuck to their positions.
“This means – confirmed several times, with time for consideration, with additional talks, clearly and unmistakably – Herbert Kickl finds no coalition partner who is going to make him chancellor," said Van der Bellen.
There is no formal deadline for forming a new government and no guarantee that Nehammer, who has been Austria’s leader for nearly three years, will succeed.
There was no immediate comment from Nehammer or Kickl.
AP video by Philipp Jenne
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