Head of People's Party (OeVP) Sebastian Kurz and head of Social Democrats (SPOe) Pamela Rendi-Wagner meet for exploratory talks to form a new government in Vienna, Austria October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz opened talks with potential coalition partners on Tuesday after his People's Party (OVP) fell short of the majority needed to form a government in last month's snap parliamentary election.
Kurz, 33, has not ruled out governing with any of the four other parties and kicked off what could be a protracted process by sounding out the second-placed Social Democrats (SPO) and the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), which came in third.
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