Austria’s president Alexander Van der Bellen has tasked the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, with forming a coalition government. If the talks are successful, Austria will, for the first time, have a government led by the Eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party (FPO). The FPO has been in power before, but only as a…
Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he will resign in the coming days, both as chancellor and party leader, after talks about forming a coalition government collapsed. The chancellor said his party – the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) – and the Social Democrats had failed to agree on key issues. The liberal Neos, another party involved…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a session of the Bundestag in which new Finance Minister Joerg Kukies was sworn in the day after Scholz fired previous Finance Minister Christian Lindner on November 7, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images Germany is set to hold a federal election in February, earlier than Chancellor…
CLEMENS BILAN/EPA Olaf Scholz is under pressure to allow a vote of confidence as early as next week While the world has been watching Washington, Germany is quietly going into political meltdown. This is a very German crisis involving coalition infighting and complicated constitutional questions. But behind the complex political wrangling, Europe’s most powerful economy…
* Israeli coalition wins reprieve in military draft feud ahead of budget vote Ultra-Orthodox parties drop conscription law demand before budget vote * Budget includes 40 billion shekels in spending cuts and tax increases * Haredi parties secure funding for day care in exchange for budget support By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, – Israel’s government has…
