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The GERB party won 69 seats in the October vote for the 240-member legislature, the most of any party but well short of a majority to govern alone.

‘If there is an option to build a coalition with EPP and with the Patriots of Europe we can do so,’ former Polish Prime Minister told journalists.

After getting the nod in December, Bayrou became France’s fourth prime minister in just one year. He now faces a major challenge to pass the long-overdue 2025 budget plan.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has struggled since being elected six months ago, paving the way for the right-wing Islahat UK party’s rise.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been embroiled in controversy after distributing campaign flyers that resemble “deportation tickets” in the city of Karlsruhe.

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) is currently leading negotiations to form a coalition with the centre-right ÖVP after a plan by other parties to block it from a ruling coalition failed.

The head of Austrian far-right Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, invited the conservative Austrian People’s Party to coalition talks after being tasked with forming a government.

German parties launch campaigns ahead of the country’s upcoming federal elections set for 23 February.

If successful, it would mark Austria’s first far-right-led government since World War II.

Stocker’s nomination as interim leader comes after Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he would resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed for a second time.