Following failed coalition negotiations in Austria, a path to power is now opening up for the right-wing Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl. The 56-year-old holds some radical views, such as on migration.
Herbert Kickl, leader of Austria’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party (FPÖ), has a chance to become Austria’s new chancellor and its first far-right leader since the end of World War II.
With Karl Nehammer stepping down, Austria’s leadership is in transition as coalition talks with the far-right FPÖ begin. Here, we answer your questions on the most recent events in Austrian politics.
He is so abrasive that he has one of Austria's lowest personal approval ratings, but far-right chief Herbert Kickl's strategic cunning helped his party to its first ever national election win and he now has a chance to become its first chancellor.
According to the analyst interviewed by our paper, Brussels and Berlin cannot allow afford to have another leader like Viktor Orban, who would veto the Russian sanctions, the aid toUkraine, and the mandatory migrant quotas.
Austria’s President Alexander Van der Bellen has tasked far-right leader Herbert Kickl to form the government, bringing the Freedom Party chief closer to the chancellorship, according to a report
Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl and his prospective coalition ... has taken over as interim chancellor after conservative Karl Nehammer, Austria's leader for the past three years, resigned ...
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday announced that he would meet with far-right politician Herbert Kickl ... with Chancellor Karl Nehammer and others at his ...
The head of Austrian far-right Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, invited the conservative Austrian People's Party to coalition talks after being tasked with forming a government. #EuropeNews