The Freedom Party leader wants to be Austria’s “Volkskanzler,” or Chancellor of the People, a title once embraced by Adolf Hitler.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party is calling for a new general election after talks about forming a coalition government broke down this week. The Freedom Party, or FPO, which narrowly won a general election in September, had been negotiating with potential suitors ever since about forming a coalition government.

Negotiations to form a new ruling coalition between Austria’s right-wing Freedom Party and the conservative People’s Party collapsed today after a month of talks following the appointment of Herbert Kickl,