Austria: Conservatives discuss coalition with the extreme right By Markus Salzmann 1 November 2017 Ten days after the Austrian parliamentary elections, the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) has begun negotiations on the formation of a coalition government with the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). The 31-year-old leader of the ÖVP, Sebastian Kurz, had already largely adopted … Continue reading Austria: Conservatives discuss coalition with the extreme right