Austria Seeks Three-Way Coalition to Quash Far-Right’s Rise
- Conservatives, social democrats, liberals start formal talks
- Special task force discussing need for budget consolidation
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Austria’s centrist parties are entering formal negotiations on a three-way government coalition with the aim of broad-ranging policy change and sidelining the far-right Freedom Party.
The conservative People’s Party, the Social Democrats and liberal NEOS will enter detailed bargaining on policy after a round of initial talks, Chancellor Karl Nehammer told reporters in Vienna Monday.