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.

Despite going into the talks with similar objectives on tax and stemming illegal immigration, the two rival right-wing parties clashed over the European Union, sanctions on Russia