VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s three top centrist parties in parliament have reached a deal to form a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) and plan to present it later on Thursday, five months after the FPO won the last parliamentary election. The conservative People’s Party (OVP), Social Democrats (SPO) and liberal Neos said […]
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Austrian centrist parties reach deal to form government without far right
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VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s three top centrist parties in parliament have reached a deal to form a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) and plan to present it later on Thursday, five months after the FPO won the last parliamentary election.
The conservative People’s Party (OVP), Social Democrats (SPO) and liberal Neos said in a statement they would make their joint government programme public at a news conference at 11 a.m. (1000 GMT).
(Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Christina Fincher)