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A Far-Right Government in Austria Would Be a Jolt, but Not Unexpected
News analysis The Freedom Party and its leader, Herbert Kickl, have steadily built support by demonizing immigrants, while entering Austria’s political mainstream. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin The political party on the verge of leading Austria would take an already conservative country into a growing group of nations shifting to…
Austria Could Get a Far-Right Chancellor. Here’s What to Know.
The leader of the anti-immigration, pro-Russia Freedom Party has been given the chance to try to form a government after months of coalition talks among mainstream parties collapsed. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin The president of Austria on Monday gave Herbert Kickl, the outspoken leader of the Alpine country’s far-right Freedom Party, the…
Austria Coalition Talks Collapse, Raising Prospects for Far-Right Freedom Party
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. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin The far-right Freedom Party of Austria gained a realistic chance this weekend of leading the country’s next government,…