Austria’s Freedom Party is projected to win the country's parliamentary election, becoming the first far-right party to do so since World War II. While the party secured a lead over the incumbent Austrian People’s Party, its ability to form a governing coalition remains uncertain due to resistance from other parties.
Michael Schnedlitz, right, and Christian Hafenecker of the Freedom Party of Austria cheer at the party headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 upon seeing initial electoral projections. The Freedom Party was headed for the first far-right win in a national parliamentary election in post-World War II Austria on Sunday, finishing ahead of the governing conservatives after tapping into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other issues, a projection showed.
In its election program, titled “Fortress Austria,” the Freedom Party calls for “remigration of uninvited foreigners,” for achieving a more “homogeneous” nation by tightly controlling borders and suspending the right to asylum via an emergency law. More than 6.3 million people age 16 and over were eligible to vote for the new parliament in Austria, an EU member that has a policy of military neutrality.
In 2019, its support slumped to 16.2 per cent after a scandal brought down a government in which it was the junior partner. Then-vice chancellor and Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache resigned following the publication of a secretly recorded video in which he appeared to offer favors to a purported Russian investor.
But the recent flooding caused by Storm Boris that hit Austria and other countries may have helped Nehammer slightly narrow the gap as a crisis manager.Nehammer repeatedly excluded joining a government led by Kickl, describing him as a “security risk” for the country, but didn't rule out a coalition with the Freedom Party in and of itself — which would imply Kickl renouncing a position in government. But that looks very unlikely with the Freedom Party in first place.
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