(MENAFN) Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen has approved the proposal of holding snap elections after the far-right vice chancellor resigned over an alleged corruption video which led to the collapse of the coalition government.
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that considering both the Social Democratic Party (SPO) and the Freedom Party (FPO) "are not what our country needs", it is necessary to have elections "at the earliest opportunity".
Meanwhile, Van der Bellen said: "In this spirit, I have agreed with Chancellor Kurz about holding an early election."
The president also said that he would meet with the chancellor on Sunday to discuss about how to conduct such an election.
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