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16/12/2017 GMT

Far-Right Party Joins Coalition Government in Austria

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Conservative People's Party agrees power sharing deal with far-right Freedom Party

After failing to win an overall majority in Austria's parliamentary election in October, the conservative People's Party has made a deal to govern with the far-right Freedom Party. If the coalition is ratified, Austria would become the only western European state with a governing far-right party.

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(Image: Sebastian Kurz (L) and the Freedom Party's Heinz-Christian Strache. Credit: Getty Images)

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