Austrian Chancellor and leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPOe) Werner Faymann addresses supporters after first projections in the Austrian general election in Vienna September 29, 2013. REUTERS/Petr Josek
VIENNA (Reuters) - Leaders of Austria's two biggest parties on Monday agreed to discuss forming a new government after the pro-Europe coalition partners stumbled last month to their worst election results since the Second World War.
Chancellor Werner Faymann's Social Democrats (SPO) and their conservative People's Party (OVP) allies, in power together since 2006, remain the largest parties in parliament ahead of the eurosceptic and anti-immigrant Freedom Party (FPO).
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