Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will become caretaker chancellor, succeeding Karl Nehammer, who resigned after failed coalition talks. The ÖVP-led government remains in power until a new coalition is formed. The far-right FPÖ, led by Herbert Kickl, won recent elections but the ÖVP refused to form a coalition with them, resulting in a political stalemate. President Alexander Van der Bellen has allowed Kickl to try forming a coalition.