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 .

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.

Kremlin, anti-Islam FPÖ, led by Herbert Kickl, won 29.2% of votes, beating the ruling ÖVP of the chancellor, Karl Nehammer, into second place

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.Talks to form a new government in Austria on average take at least two months.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) secured victory in the general election for the first time in its history with 29% of the vote in Sunday’s elections

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.

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.