Austria's ruling conservatives picked Secretary-General Christian Stocker as interim successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Austrian media reported on Sunday, after Nehammer quit as his attempts to form a coalition government without the far right fell apart.
There was no immediate comment from the People's Party (OVP), and Nehammer only told reporters after the party's crisis leadership meeting on Sunday that "important and correct decisions" had been taken.
"It is not an easy situation," Markus Wallner, the governor of Vorarlberg, the westernmost of Austria's nine provinces, told reporters before the OVP leadership meeting at the chancellor's office on Sunday morning.
A spokesperson for Van der Bellen said he was due to address the nation at 2:45 p.m. (1345 GMT).
Nehammer crossed the road separating their offices earlier to report to Van der Bellen on the OVP leadership meeting.
Persons:
Christian Stocker, Austria's, Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Nehammer, Alexander Van der, Van, Herbert Kickl, Markus Wallner, Wallner, Van der Bellen, Viktor Orban's
Organizations:
Austria's Peoples Party, People's Party, Party, Hungarian
Locations:
Vienna, Austria, Austrian, Russia, Vorarlberg