The EU’s strategy to deal with the far-right Freedom Party heading for power in Vienna is … hope for the best.

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

Following failed coalition negotiations in Austria, a path to power is now opening up for the right-wing Freedom Party leader ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The Freedom Party and its leader, Herbert Kickl, have steadily built support by demonizing immigrants, while entering Austria ...

Elon Musk may steal headlines with his zeal for Germany’s AfD party, but sentiments are shifting well beyond Berlin.

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, ...

Buoyed by the endorsement of Elon Musk and enjoying new highs in the polls ahead of elections in February, Germany's ...