Austria promises to consult Rome on passport offer to Italians
Austria’s new chancellor said on Tuesday he would press on with contentious plans to offer passports to German-speakers in the northern Italian province of Alto...
Freedom Party
Protests muted this time as Austria’s far right joins government
The last time the anti-immigration Freedom Party entered government in Austria, protests were so big that the cabinet took a tunnel from the chancellery to the...
Dutch far-right leader Wilders tells hate trial: ‘I said nothing wrong’
Dutch anti-Islam opposition leader Geert Wilders boycotted the start of his trial on charges of hate speech and discrimination on Monday, and sent in a...
Dutch politician Wilders will face trial on charges of inciting racial hatred
By Toby Sterling Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders can be tried on charges of inciting racial hatred, a court in The Hague ruled on Friday, setting...
Austrian election re-run comes unstuck in postal ballot setback (Update 2)
Austria on Monday delayed a re-run of a presidential election as faulty glue on postal ballots scuppered its second attempt to organise a ballot that...
Far-right candidate ahead in polls to win Austrian presidency
The far right is ahead in Austria’s presidential race, according to opinion polls which predict a win for the anti-immigration candidate that would be a...
Austria to re-run presidential vote on October 2 in shadow of Brexit
Austria will re-run a presidential election run-off on October 2, giving far-right eurosceptic candidate Norbert Hofer the chance to reverse a wafer-thin defeat, this time...
Austrian far-right FPO challenges presidential election result
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has challenged the result of last month’s presidential elections, the constitutional court said on Twitter on Wednesday. Postal ballots pushed...
Far-right candidate defeated in Austrian presidential vote
Austria has elected a 72-year-old former leader of the Greens party to be its next president, narrowly avoiding becoming the first country in the European...
New Austrian centre-left leader won’t rule out ties to far-right
Austria’s new chancellor said on Tuesday his Social Democrats (SPO) prefer to keep governing with conservatives and will not sell their soul just to remain...
Austria far right freezes out coalition in presidency race
Austria’s far right won more than a third of the vote in the presidential election on Sunday and will face an independent in next month’s...
Dutch far-right leader Wilders on trial for hate speech
By Toby Sterling and Anthony Deutsch Geert Wilders, the Dutch far-right politician who was acquitted five years ago of making anti-Islam remarks, went on trial...
