Austrian mainstream parties edge towards coalition after attempt of pro-Putin party fails

4 min read Austria, Business, Defence, Economy, Politics, Alexander Van der Bellen, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Christian Stocker, FPS, OVP, SPO

The centre-right People’s Party (OVP) and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPO) are working behind closed doors on a coalition deal that would exclude the far-right, pro-Russia Freedom Party (FPO) from government, after the latter party failed to form a ruling coalition, party officials said on Thursday, 20 February. Austria’