Europe News Thousands protest in Austria as Kickl kicks off coalition talks Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) is currently leading negotiations to form a coalition with the centre-right ÖVP after a plan by other parties to block it from a ruling coalition failed. 10/01/2025
Europe News Austria's Chancellor nominee wants 'remigration'. What does it mean? Herbert Kickl, the man tasked with forming a new coalition in Austria, openly advocates the "remigration of uninvited strangers". What does he mean? 10/01/2025
Europe News EU power shift inevitable if Kickl forms government, says analyst The FPÖ party leader has invited the ÖVP to coalition talks, signalling his intention to bury the hatchet between the two parties. 08/01/2025
Europe News Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg to become caretaker chancellor Schallenberg has served as Austria's foreign minister under outgoing chancellor Karl Nehammer since 2021. 08/01/2025
Europe News Herbert Kickl invites ÖVP to hold coalition talks 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. 07/01/2025
Austria Austria’s president tasks FPÖ's Kickl with forming new government If successful, it would mark Austria’s first far-right-led government since World War II. 06/01/2025
Europe News Karl Nehammer to step down as Austrian coalition talks fail Coalition talks have dragged on after Austria's main parties refused to work with the leader of the right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ), Herbert Kickl, who came first in September's election with 28,8% of the vote. 05/01/2025
Europe News Austrian far-right party leader loses immunity in latest setback Austria's public prosecutor's office wants to investigate Herbert Kickl on suspicion of giving false testimony to a public inquiry. 12/12/2024
Brussels, My Love? Brussels, my love? Austrian elections again shake the establishment In this edition, we dissect a recent Austrian poll that saw the far-right Freedom Party claim victory, and hear why the Union Jack was flying again in the EU institutions. 05/10/2024
Europe News Far-right FPÖ leader meets Austrian president on new government Herbert Kickl, head of the far-right FPÖ, is facing difficult coalition negotiations as the SPÖ, Green Party, and NEOS have dismissed collaboration, with the OVP agreeing to join only if Kickl is excluded. 04/10/2024
Europe News Is an anti-Kickl coalition on the cards after far-right Austria win? A projection for ORF public television, based on counting of over 90% of the vote, showed the Freedom Party finishing first with 29.2%. 30/09/2024
Europe News Voting underway in Austrian parliamentary elections The Freedom Party is set to win a national election for the first time in its history as it taps into voters' anxieties about immigration, inflation and the war in Ukraine. 29/09/2024
Europe News Austrian parties hold final rallies ahead of Sunday’s election Polls show the far-right Freedom Part of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreich) in the lead, predicted to take more than 28% in what could be their first ever election victory but finding coalition partners could be tough. 28/09/2024
Austria Austria's populist Freedom Party the FPÖ leads the polls Despite a series of scandals, Austria's populist Freedom Party has not gone away. On the contrary, the far-right party leading in national polls. Could the FPÖ one day lead the nation? 08/05/2023