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Austria: Sebastian Kurz opens talks with far-right party | |
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Austria's conservative leader Sebastian Kurz says he has invited the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) for talks to form a coalition government. | |
Mr Kurz's People's Party won last week's parliamentary election but is well short of a majority. | |
The step paves the way for the FPÖ's return to government after more than a decade in opposition. | |
Mr Kurz moved his party to the right in the wake of Europe's 2015 refugee crisis. | |
The stance proved popular with Austrian voters after a huge influx of undocumented migrants and refugees from the Middle East and North Africa. | |
The FPÖ had previously accused Mr Kurz of stealing its policies. |