Herbert Kickl has made history, leading Austria’s far-right Freedom Party to its first win in the country’s general election. The party secured 29.2 per cent of the total votes. The 55-year-old now wishes to build ‘Fortress Austria’,

Herbert Kickl, head of the far-right FPÖ, is facing difficult coalition negotiations as the SPÖ, Green Party, and NEOS have dismissed collaboration, with the OVP agreeing to join only if Kickl is excluded.

The Freedom Party secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria on Sunday, finishing ahead of the governing conservatives after tapping into anxieties about immigration,

Supportive of the identitarian movement, the ultra-radical leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) is leading in the polls for Sunday's parliamentary elections in the Alpine country.

Austria's national election has left the country facing difficult coalition talks, with FPÖ's Herbert Kickl winning but struggling to find partners. So what's happens now the votes have been counted?

Austria entered uncharted territory Monday after the far right scored a historic national election win, with parties facing an uphill task to form a new government.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party won a national parliamentary election, but it will struggle to find other parties willing to form a coalition government.

Austria's far-right leader Herbert Kickl does not exactly cut a dashing figure but he has skilfully tapped into voter anxieties over migration, the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic.