Herbert Kickl, who now has good chances of becoming Austria's next chancellor, has radicalized the FPÖ in recent years. He ...

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

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 ...

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

VIENNA — Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl and his prospective coalition partners said Monday that they have reached an agreement to bring down the budget deficit, an important first step ...

As Vienna prepares to select its first far-right chancellor since World War II, the impact of political changes in Austria are being felt in ...

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, ...

was meeting Herbert Kickl, the leader of the hard-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), to ask him to try to form Austria’s next government. Mr Van der Bellen, a former leader of the Green party ...

The leader of Austria's Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025. Herbert Kickl received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government.