Putin-friendly, far-right FPO’s imminent rise to power in Austria is a direct consequence of liberal, centrist failings.

The Freedom Party won the most votes in national elections in September, but a group of more moderate parties engaged in months-long negotiations to block it from taking power. Austria’s far ...

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially tasked the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) with forming a government. Van der Bellen made the announcement at a press conference in ...

The rise of the populist right in European elections continues as Herbert Kickl, the controversial leader of the ...

Four months after its election victory, Austria’s hard Right is about to lead a government for the first time since 1945.

Austria's centrist parties may come to their senses and try a second round of coalition talks, or form a minority government.

The leader of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party of Austria, founded by former Nazis in the 1950s, was expected to be asked to enter into talks to form a new government. By Christopher F.

Austria’s Freedom Party, which is starting talks to lead the government, opposes sanctions on Russia and the EU’s support for Ukraine.

If he comes to power, sharp-tongued, far-right leader Herbert Kickl will be contemporary Austria's most controversial ...

Kickl said he's prepared for new elections if they fail. His Russia-friendly, anti-immigration, euroskeptic Freedom Party won Austria's parliamentary election in September but was initially shunned by ...

The Austrian president has asked Herbert Kickl, the leader of the country's far-right Freedom Party, to form a new ruling coalition in what could yield the first far-right-led government in Austria ...

The economy minister and Green Party chancellor candidate says Germany could follow Austria’s far-right path, as the CDU ...