Austrian president approves far-right Freedom party joining coalition government
by Nicola Slawson from World news | The Guardian on (#3AWSE)
Leader Heinz-Christian Strache is made vice-chancellor and party will control foreign, interior and defence ministries
Austria has become the only western European state with a far-right presence in government after its president approved a controversial coalition deal.
Alexander Van der Bellen rubber-stamped the alliance between the conservative People's party and the far-right Freedom party on Saturday.
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