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Christian Stocker becomes Austrian chancellor as three-party gov’t sworn in

From left, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Chancellor Christian Stocker, President Alexander Van der Bellen and Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler during the swearing-in of the new government in Vienna [Roland Schlager/AFP]

Conservative Christian Stocker has been sworn in as Austria’s chancellor at the head of a three-party coalition government, ending five months of political deadlock that followed a far-right party’s election win.

The swearing-in on Monday came days after Stocker said a “common programme” had been agreed by his Austrian People’s Party (OVP), the centre-left Social Democrats and the liberal Neos.

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