The leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) on Saturday said he seeks to lead the next government as chancellor, days after the party topped parliamentary elections. Herbert Kickl made the comments after meeting with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen for exploratory talks on Friday. The FPÖ secured 28.8% of the vote in Sunday’s election, ahead of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) on 26% and the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) on 21%. However, the FPÖ faces a struggle to form a workable coalition government as rivals have ruled out working with it,…