Il presidente austriaco incarica il leader di estrema destra dell’FPÖ Herbert Kickl di formare un nuovo governo

Ugh… ever time my country makes international news it *has* to be something embarrassing. How far this nation has fallen.

Then again, if they would not let those racist morons take power now, chances are they’d get 40% of the vote next time. One can only hope they’ll destroy themselves like the last times they governed.

On another note, any tips on curbing right-wing, neo-fascist, pro-Russia propaganda? We could really need a bit of this over here.

Conservatives helping the far right to power, a tale as old as time.

Some context:

– Van Der Bellen (our president) strongly disagrees with the FPÖ’s political agenda
– Our last election was (clearly) won by the FPÖ, so usually you would expect the president to task them with finding a functioning government, however, since the leaders of both the ÖVP (2nd place) and SPÖ (3rd place) strongly rejected the idea of cooperating with Kickl (FPÖ) (making a coalition of over 50% with the FPÖ impossible) Van Der Bellen tasked Nehammer (ÖVP) with finding a government.
– Shortly after that, they entered talks with the SPÖ and Neos (the only combination that could result in a stable coalition since the ÖVP ruled out working with the Greens). From the get go it was clear, that finding common ground between the three parties was going to be difficult.
– After a couple weeks (a few days ago) the leader of the Neos, Meinl-Reisinger, officially exited the negotiations, citing a lack of initiative for reforms as their main issue
– Afterwards the ÖVP & SPÖ tried working on a coalition alone. The negotiations only lasted for a day, before Nehammer put an end to them and resigned as head of the ÖVP
– This then meant that, since Nehammer was the main reason they didn’t work with the FPÖ, the ÖVP is now open for negotiations with the FPÖ
– Now, the only real option for a functioning coalition is the one between the FPÖ and ÖVP which is why Van Der Bellen (despite viewing the FPÖ and especially Kickl as problematic) gave them the task of finding a working government

Austria is responsible for starting both world wars in some manner. You’d think they have similar shame about their past and far right like their German neighbours.

Fucking hell never thought van der Bellen would have his Hindenburg moment. Such a disappointment.

Nah, we shouldn’t worry he will become a chancellor. Bottom line, he will be the governor of the Oblast of Austria.