Austria's chancellor says will step down in 'coming days'
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Vienna: Austria s conservative chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday he would step down in the coming days after breaking off coalition talks with...
Vienna: Austria's conservative chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday he would step down in the 'coming days' after breaking off coalition talks with the Social Democrats over disagreements on key issues.
Nehammer made the announcements in a video message and accompanying statement posted on the X platform.
"After the break-off of the coalition talks I am going to do the following: I will step down both as chancellor and party chairman of the People's Party in the coming days and enable an orderly transition," he said.
The surprise move comes just one day after Austria's liberal party withdrew from three-party coalition talks to form a centrist government. The aim had been to sideline the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), which won the September 29 national elections.
The FPOe won 28.8 percent of the vote but has been unable to find partners to form a national government.
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