Herbert Kickl's far right party won the elections, but no other party would form a governing coalition with him.

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has tasked Chancellor Karl Nehammer with forming a ruling coalition, despite the far-right Freedom Party winning last month's general election. Nehammer is to engage in coalition talks with the Social Democrats as other parties avoid collaborating with the Freedom Party.

Austria’s President Alexander Van der Bellen‘s decision to charge Chancellor Karl Nehammer, the conservative People’s Party leader, with forming the country’s new government has provoked an outcry from the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ),

Austria’s president on Tuesday tasked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, which last month won a national election for the first time.

No groups are willing to form a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, which came out on top in national elections in September.