Vienna's Mayor Michael Ludwig has announced a date for the new city election which is months earlier than expected.

A government led by the far right wouldn't just herald a new era in Austrian politics. It would bolster rising far-right parties across Europe. The post Austria Represents a New Twist for the Rise of Europe's Far Right appeared first on World Politics Review.

Austria’s Freedom Party, which is starting talks to lead the government, opposes sanctions on Russia and the EU’s support for Ukraine.

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially tasked the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) with forming a government. Van der Bellen made the announcement at a press conference in Vienna on Monday after a meeting with FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl.

The leader of Austria’s Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds.

The leader of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party of Austria, founded by former Nazis in the 1950s, was expected to be asked to enter into talks to form a new government.

President Alexander van der Bellen, a former Green Party member, met with Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl on Monday and officially tasked him with forming a government.

Austria could soon have its first government led by the far right since World War II VIENNA, Austria -- A ... a government without the far-right Freedom Party collapsed in recent days, more ...

When the Freedom Party first entered national government as a junior partner ... by former Nazis had catapulted itself from the fringes into the heart of politics in Vienna. But a quarter of a century later, that kind of EU response seems almost ...

VIENNA - Austria's Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl said on Tuesday that he planned to invite the conservative People's Party for coalition talks. Kickl's announcement came one day after he was given a mandate by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen to form a new government.

which would be the first led by the far right since World War II VIENNA -- Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl met the country's president on Monday as expectations mounted that he would ...

VIENNA (AP) — The leader of Austria's Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds.