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New Austrian conservative leader ready for coalition talks with far right

Stocker, pictured, was selected as interim leader of the People's Party after the party's leader, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, said he would resign following the collapse of coalition talks excluding the far right [Heinz-Peter Bader/AP Photo]

Austria’s conservatives have said they are ready to enter into negotiations with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) to form a new government, in a U-turn in policy after coalition talks with the Social Democrats and liberals broke down.

The European Union country was plunged into political turmoil after conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Saturday broke off talks to form a centrist government without the far right, the party that got the most votes in national elections in September.

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