Austria's president has opened negotiations with the far-right Freedom Party to form a ruling coalition, potentially making them the first far-right government since WWII.
President Alexander van der Bellen said, 'I didn't take this decision lightly,' indicating the weight of the choice to engage with the Freedom Party for coalition talks.
After failed negotiations by mainstream parties to form a government, President Van der Bellen called upon the Freedom Party, which narrowly won the recent elections.
The chancellor, Karl Nehammer of the OVP, announced his resignation and ruled out being a junior partner to the Freedom Party after coalition talks collapsed.
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