Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse
by Agence France-Presse in Vienna from World news | The Guardian on (#6V7XZ)
Disagreements over key posts and issues like migration mean snap election is likely, with far-right Freedom party ahead in polls
Austria's Freedom party (FPO) has ended coalition talks with the conservatives on forming the country's first far-right-led government after disagreements over key posts and issues like migration.
The FPO - which topped national polls for the first time ever in September - has been negotiating with the long-ruling conservative People's party (OVP) since early January.
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