Austria Faces Political Deadlock As Federal President Resists Giving Victorious FPÖ A Mandate To Form A Government
“The FPÖ is the election winner and Kickl is claiming the chancellorship. On the other hand, no one trusts him enough to form a coalition. Who should he negotiate with?”
Interesting trick — you won but I’m not going to acknowledge your win because we don’t like you — so everyone is going to refuse to work with you and we won’t even give you the opportunity to try. We couldn’t beat you at the polls but this is an “old boys” club and we won’t allow you to play unless you have 50.1% of the votes.