VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's weakened political heavyweights began talks on Tuesday towards forming an effective new government to build a united front against the revitalised far right.
Chancellor Werner Faymann's Social Democrats (SPO) and the conservative People's Party (OVP), the centrist pro-Europe blocs that have dominated postwar politics and governed together since 2006, only just managed a joint majority in voting on September 29.
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