President Alexander Van der Bellen’s office said in a statement that the head of state will formally task Schallenberg with “continuing the management of the chancellery and leading the interim govern

Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he’ll step down as head of government and chairman of the conservative People’s Party after failing to form a coalition government.

Herbert Kickl, the leader of the Freedom Party of Austria, has been mandated by President Van der Bellen to form a new government. Herbert Kickl, the leader of the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ),