Why the hard-right Herbert Kickl is unlikely to be Austria’s next chancellor
In spite of his strong win
USUALLY, COMING top in a general election would make you a popular person in your capital. But Vienna was different this week. Despite Herbert Kickl’s win by a solid margin, with 29% of the votes on September 29th, no other political party wants to run the country with him and his hard-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). The governing centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP) came second with 26%, and is trying to avoid exactly that.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “To the victor, no spoils”
Europe October 5th 2024
- Pedro Sánchez clings to office at a cost to Spain’s democracy
- Why the hard-right Herbert Kickl is unlikely to be Austria’s next chancellor
- Ukraine’s Roma have suffered worse than most in the war
- The Netherlands’ new hard-right government is a mess
- A harrowing rape trial in France has revived debate about consent
- How the wolf went from folktale villain to culture-war scapegoat
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A harrowing rape trial in France has revived debate about consent
Anything less than yes is no
How the wolf went from folktale villain to culture-war scapegoat
The startling return of wolves in Europe raises hackles
The Netherlands’ new hard-right government is a mess
Conflicts over asylum, farms and the constitution could bring it down
Ukraine’s Roma have suffered worse than most in the war
Half of them may have fled
Pedro Sánchez clings to office at a cost to Spain’s democracy
His opponents accuse him of subverting the constitution
A banking raid in Europe kicks up an unseemly nationalist defence
Der Italian banking job goes down badly in Germany