Conservatives, Right-Wing Populists To Form Coalition Government
December 18 2017
Austria's president has approved a new governing coalition that includes the right-wing populist Freedom Party, reports Deutsche Welle.
President Alexander Van der Bellen's approval on Saturday was largely ceremonial. The president said he was assured that Austria would remain at the center of a "strong European Union."
This means that Austria will have the continent's first coalition government to include a far-right party, noted Politico.
The Freedom Party will be the...
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