Yahoo

FPÖ's Kickl sees another opening to become Austria's chancellor

Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) Chairman Herbert Kickl gives a press statement after the end of the coalition negotiations between the FPOe and Austrian People's Party (OeVP). Austria's far-right ...
Digital Journal

Herbert Kickl: sharp-tongued leader of Austria’s far right

Austria’s far-right leader Herbert Kickl does not exactly cut a dashing figure but he has skilfully tapped into voter anxieties over migration. Austria’s far-right leader Herbert Kickl does not ...
Washington Times

Far-right leader pledges to ‘govern Austria honestly’ and makes demands of potential partner

VIENNA — Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said Tuesday in his first comments after being tasked to form a new government that he aspires to “govern Austria honestly” as he prepared for talks on ...
Washington Times

Speculation grows that Austrian far right leader Herbert Kickl will be asked to form a government

VIENNA — Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen on Sunday announced that he would meet with far-right politician Herbert Kickl as speculation grows that he will ask the Freedom Party leader to ...
The New York Times

Far Right Wins Austrian Vote but May Fall Short of Forming a Government

The Freedom Party got nearly 30 percent of the national vote, but mainstream parties have vowed to join in a coalition government without the party’s pugilistic leader, Herbert Kickl. By Christopher F ...
The Economist

Why the hard-right Herbert Kickl is unlikely to be Austria’s next chancellor

Coalition talks will take weeks, if not months, but their likeliest outcome is a coalition of the ÖVP with the Social Democrats (SPÖ), who got 20% of the vote, and the liberal NEOS, with 9%. The two ...
The Washington Post

Austrian far right set to win national election, in postwar first

BERLIN — Austria’s anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPÖ) was on track Sunday night to win the Austrian parliamentary election in an unprecedented victory. If projections hold up, it would be the first ...
Los Angeles Times

European far right celebrates Austrian election win, but Austria’s political future is uncertain

VIENNA — European far-right and nationalist parties are celebrating the hard-right Freedom Party’s win in Austria’s election. Even though it’s uncertain whether hard-line leader Herbert Kickl will be ...
CNN

Austrian president tasks far-right leader Kickl with forming government

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen tasked the leader of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) on Monday with forming a coalition government after a centrist bid to assemble one without the FPO ...
The New York Times

How Austria Could Get Its First Far-Right Chancellor Since World War II

The leader of the anti-immigration, pro-Russia Freedom Party has been given the chance to try to form a government after months of coalition talks among mainstream parties collapsed. By Christopher F.
Newsday

Far-right leader pledges to 'govern Austria honestly' and makes demands of potential partner

VIENNA — Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said Tuesday in his first comments after being tasked to form a new government that he aspires to “govern Austria honestly” as he prepared for talks on ...