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Austria far-right Freedom Party invited to form coalition government


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The Austrian president has asked Herbert Kickl, the leader of the country’s far-right Freedom Party, to form a new ruling coalition in what could yield the first far-right-led government in Austria since World War II. Outside the presidential palace, Austrians protested at what some saw as the return of fascism.