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Austrian Far-Right Party Tasked with Forming Ruling Coalition

HeadlineJan 07, 2025

Austria could be ruled by a far-right government for the first time since World War II after the leader of the extreme-right Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, was tasked with forming a new ruling coalition. This comes after Austria’s main centrist parties failed to establish their own coalition government. The Freedom Party won Austria’s parliamentary elections in September on a nationalist, anti-immigrant platform, sending shockwaves throughout Europe. It was founded in the wake of World War II by former Nazis. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Vienna Monday.

Toni: “Persecution of marginalized groups, mass deportations, cuts to social benefits, a return of a fascist state. We say that we have learned something from our history, but then at the same time we elect a chancellor like Kickl and leave him in power. We have learned nothing from the past.”

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