Austria goes to the polls this Sunday, with the populist, anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPÖ) tipped to emerge as the winner, in what would mark another gain for the far right in Europe. Unlike its peers, however, the FPÖ is no upstart and has previously been part of coalition governments .

Austria’s Freedom Party leads in the vote count, but may not be able to find coalition partners to form a government under provocative leader Herbert Kickl.

Austria's pro-Russia Freedom Party was celebrating Sunday night after it became the first far-right political party to win an election in the country since the Nazi era.

The result of last Sunday's Austrian parliamentary elections followed the same pattern as the 2022 elections in Italy, 2023 in the Netherlands and 2024 in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg.

Austria’s Freedom Party leads in the vote count, but may not be able find coalition partners to form a government under provocative leader Herbert Kickl.

Leaders of Austrian political parties united to reject the idea of forming a coalition with the head of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) Herbert Kickl after his FPO came first in a parliamentary election on Sunday.

The Freedom Party is headed for the first far-right win in a national parliamentary election in post-World War II Austria.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party could win its first national election when the country votes on Sunday, but polls point to a close race in the parliamentary election.

The Freedom Party tapped into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other issues, a projection showed, but its chances of governing were unclear.