FILE PHOTO: Head of Peoples Party (OEVP) and Chancellor Karl Nehammer addresses the media during the presentation of their election program in Vienna, Austria, September 5, 2024. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria headed on Sunday towards coalition talks led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after efforts to form a centrist government without the FPO fell apart and prompted Chancellor Karl Nehammer to resign.
Nehammer, who announced he was quitting late on Saturday, had led three- and then two-party talks aimed at forging a centrist coalition that could serve as a bulwark against the eurosceptic, Russia-friendly FPO, which came first in September's parliamentary election with around 29% of the vote.
