Explainer-Challenges Austria's far right faces in coalition talks


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  • Thursday, 09 Jan 2025

FILE PHOTO: Far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) leader Herbert Kickl leaves after addressing the media in Vienna, Austria, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner/File Photo

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO), which won September's parliamentary election with 29% of the vote, is due to start coalition talks with the conservative People's Party (OVP) this week aimed at creating the country's first FPO-led government.

The eurosceptic, Russia-friendly FPO and the OVP overlap on immigration and taxation but clash on Russia and Ukraine. Below are areas that could prove straightforward and more challenging in their discussions.

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