Kickl, whose Freedom Party won Austria's parliamentary election in September, received a mandate to try to form a government with the conservative Austrian People's Party a week ago. The latter ...

Austria's centrist parties may come to their senses and try a second round of coalition talks, or form a minority government. And even if Kickl does prevail, that doesn't mean he'll succeed.

Austria will remain a “reliable partner” in the European Union even if the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) leads its next government, interim chancellor Alexander Schallenberg has said.