Austria’s president then asked Mr Stocker to try again with the SPÖ and NEOS. Haunted by the thought of seeing Mr Kickl in ...

Stocker's centre-right People's Party (ÖVP), the centre-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the liberal Neos clinched a deal last week after their first attempt to form a coalition failed in January.

Cell phones and computers are to be infected with malware so that Austrian investigators can gain access. Only 2 members of ...

Coalition talks between the FPÖ and ÖVP, which received a mandate to attempt to form a government last month, have gound to a halt. The two parties' leaders are set to meet with President ...

The conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the Social Democrats (SPÖ) have resumed talks on potentially forming a coalition as multiple attempts to form a government have failed since ...

Austria's far-right populist Freedom Party says it has ended its attempts to form a coalition government with the conservative People's Party, ÖVP. The announcement follows several weeks of ...

The FPÖ and ÖVP had already agreed on much of the future government’s agenda, which would include far-reaching cuts in the social, health and education sectors.

It appears to have knocked the ruling conservative Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP), or Austrian People’s Party, into second place, with 26.5% of the vote. The Social Democratic Party of ...

The ÖVP, which has led the Austrian government since 2017, got 26 percent. Until this weekend, it appeared that the Freedom Party would be kept out of government because all other parties had ...

The ÖVP, the Social Democrats and Neos then started a second round of negotiations, which culminated in an agreement. Thomas Hofer says their new alliance faces challenges.

The ÖVP would be the junior partner in such a configuration. While few things have stayed certain for long in Austria’s tumultuous recent political history, ...

Instead, the ÖVP may look to try to form a grand coalition with the Social Democrats and liberal Neos, but this could prove difficult due to yawning policy differences.