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

A radical leader edges towards transforming Austria’s democracy, sparking widespread concern.

As the senior governing coalition partner, the Freedom Party (FPO), led by Herbert Kickl, is expected to implement even ...

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

HOW CONCERNED should Europe be at the rise of Herbert Kickl, the leader of Austria’s hard-right Freedom Party, the FPö?

Austria’s president, was meeting Herbert Kickl, the leader of the hard-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), to ask him to try to form Austria’s next government. Mr Van der Bellen, a former leader of ...

Herbert Kickl was not along for that particular ride ... Perhaps even the Orbánization of Austria, as Franz Fischler, a former European Commissioner from Austria, fears? Fischler has said ...

VIENNA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - 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 ...

THE PROSPECT of Herbert Kickl, the leader of the hard-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), running Austria alarms centrists in the Alpine republic and its European neighbours. Paul Lendvai, a prominent ...

Herbert Kickl received a mandate to try to form what would be the first national government led by the far-right since the ...

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

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.