Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said that he will resign in the coming days, as an advisor and party leader, after the collapse of talks on forming a coalition government.
The chancellor said his party – the conservative People's Party – and the Social Democrats failed to agree on key issues.
The liberal NEOs, another party participating in the talks, also withdrew on Friday.
In September, the far-right Freedom Party won An unprecedented victory in the general elections in AustriaBut other parties ruled out forming a coalition with Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl.
Analysts said that the collapse of the talks could lead to the conservatives negotiating with the far right, or holding new elections.
The Russia-friendly Freedom Party of Austria was previously a member of a ruling coalition. It is likely to welcome new elections Opinion polls indicate Its popularity has grown even more since September.
Freedom Party of Austria He said in a statement on X He said coalition talks wasted three months and adds that “instead of stability, we have chaos.”
The party called on Social Democratic Party leader Andreas Babler to resign and said that President Alexander van der Bellen bears “a large share of responsibility for the chaos that arose and the time wasted.”
The Freedom Party of Austria won nearly 29% of the vote in the September elections, with the People's Party coming in second with 26.3%, and the Social Democratic Party in third with 21%.
Turnout was high at 77.3%, as Austrian voters participated in elections dominated by immigration and asylum issues, as well as the deteriorating economy and the war in Ukraine.
The FPÖ's Kickl promised to build a “Fortress Austria” to restore Austrians' security and prosperity.
The party wants strict rules on legal immigration, and has promoted the idea of remigration, which involves sending asylum seekers to their countries of origin.
The FPÖ was founded by former Nazis in the 1950s.
Two days before voting in last year's general election, some of its candidates were videotaped at a funeral in which an SS song was sung.
The party later denied that the song, dating from 1814, had any connection to “national-socialist sentiment.”
