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

Mr Kickl’s political hero is Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic leader. But unlike Hungarian voters who first voted Mr Orban ...

The far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the conservative People's Party (ÖVP), currently negotiating a coalition ...

For years Herbert Kickl was written off by many, including party comrades, as a figure best suited for work behind the scenes. An Eigenbrötler, they joked: someone who bakes their own bread. Now, he ...

Herbert Kickl on his way out of Vienna's Hofburg Palace following talks with Austria's president, Alexander Van der Bellen, ...

Even so, according to polls, the FPÖ will do still better if snap elections are held. Kronen Zeitung, Austria’s ...

Twenty-five years ago, the European Union reacted with outrage at the prospect of a far-right politician, Jörg Haider, entering Austria’s government, turning the country into a virtual pariah. This ...

Herbert Kickl, the controversial leader of Austria’s far-right FPÖ, is within reach of becoming the country’s first far-right chancellor. As the FPÖ negotiates a coalition with the conservatives, ...

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Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl and his prospective ... World War II government led by the far right. Kickl, whose Freedom Party won Austria's parliamentary election in September, received ...

Ever since Herbert Kickl's far-right Freedom Party edged a win in September's legislative elections with 29% of the vote, Austria's centrist politicians have tried to block Kickl from becoming ...

If he comes to power, sharp-tongued, far-right leader Herbert Kickl will be contemporary Austria's most controversial chancellor. His Freedom Party (FPOe), which topped national polls for the ...