Austria goes to the polls this Sunday, with the populist, anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPÖ) tipped to emerge as the winner, in what would mark another gain for the far right in Europe.. Unlike ...

Kickl, a former interior minister under Austria’s 2017-2019 government, took the reins of the FPÖ in June 2021. In the three years since, the divisive leader has shifted the party further to ...

Initially, Van der Bellen tasked Nehammer with forming a government in October. However, Nehammer’s party refused to enter a coalition with the FPÖ under Kickl, and other parties also rejected ...

Elections will be held on Sunday. Its leader, Herbert Kickl, has been branded as “Volkskanzler” or “people’s chancellor,” by his party, a term the Nazis used to describe Hitler.

Following the parliamentary election in Austria, the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) will be the strongest faction in the parliament, beating the conservative ÖVP for the first time in history.

The electoral win in Austria of a populist, anti-immigrant party founded by Nazis was the latest in a string of victories for Europe’s far right.

Herbert Kickl, who now has good chances of becoming Austria's next chancellor, has radicalized the FPÖ in recent years. He seems to enjoy his role as the ultimate evil.

In 2000, the EU’s response to the FPÖ’s first entry into government was hard-nosed, with Brussels leveling sanctions on Austria. That is difficult to imagine today given the various far-right ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. Despite its less-than-stellar track record and current positions, the FPÖ is still regarded as acceptable by almost all Austrian politicians who refuse to label it as far-right.

For Höbelt the result on Sunday is, despite all the noise, unlikely to amount to any great ruction. “Let’s face it, we are probably looking at a result where the FPÖ is not really all that ...

Austria goes to the polls this Sunday, with the populist, anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPÖ) tipped to emerge as the winner, in what would mark another gain for the far right in Europe.. Unlike ...