Herbert Kickl, leader of the far-right Freedom party addresses a press conference in Vienna this week on the failed coalition negotiations (Photo by Alex Halada / AFP) It is one thing sharing power in government with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), quite another, however, accepting a subordinate position in coalition under the chancellorship of its firebrand populist leader. It would have been Austria’s first far-right-led government since the FPÖ, now at its strongest, was founded by former Nazis in the 1950s. However, the rationale of disgruntled moderates in the conservative People’s party (ÖVP) prevailed on Wednesday, collapsing coalition talks, and...
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