Far right: how the FPÖ became Austria's first party

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The party won the general elections and failed to agree with the Conservatives to form a coalition. However, it remains the country's first political force. A review of the history of this party founded by former Nazis and forerunner of the rise of the extreme straights in Europe.

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Almost unknown in January, the new Austrian chancellor, pro-European, was politically manoeuvrable when the far-right FPÖ party came first in Austria's legislative elections.

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After six weeks of negotiations between the right and the extreme right, the coalition that had been forming since the parliamentary elections in September 2024 in Austria failed to agree on the attitude to be faced with Europe. Indeed, the far right-wing freedom party for Austria (FPÖ) of radical Herbert Kickl advocated a certain hostility towards the European Union, where Christian Stockner of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was much more mo…