At a beer-fueled meeting of Austria's far-right Freedom Party this week, members of parliament referred to Afghan refugees as “knife-wielding sex offenders” and to the EU's “repression of speech”, hidden camera footage has revealed.

BRUSSELS — As Austria teeters on the brink of forming its first far-right-led government since World War II, the most immediate clash between Vienna and Brussels won’t center on Russian sympathies or anti-migrant rhetoric. Instead, it’s shaping up to be a battle over public spending.

Austrian politics has taken a turn, potentially to the far-right, that could usher the far-right Freedom Party (FPO)

Elon Musk may steal headlines with his zeal for Germany’s AfD party, but sentiments are shifting well beyond Berlin.

Both have said their inspiration is Denmark, but Denmark has an opt-out from EU asylum policy, which Austria does not. In 2022, Denmark agreed with Rwanda to explore setting up a system under which asylum seekers arriving in Denmark could be transferred there.

Austrian advocacy group Noyb has filed privacy complaints against TikTok and five other Chinese companies in the EU. Noyb claims that these tech firms are unlawfully transferring the data of users in the European Union to China.

Austrian farmers demonstrated Thursday in Vienna against the South American Mercosur free trade agreement. A mountain of paper was symbolically unloaded in front of parliament during the protest that was organized by the Independent Farmers' Association of Austria (UBV).

Austrian negotiators trying to form a nationalist-conservative government will target €6.3 billion ($6.4 billion) in immediate budget spending cuts to avoid being reprimanded by the European Union.

The EU’s strategy to deal with the far-right Freedom Party heading for power in Vienna is … hope for the best.

Buoyed by the endorsement of Elon Musk and enjoying new highs in the polls ahead of elections in February, Germany's far-right AfD is hoping for a further boost from the success of the far right in neighbouring Austria.

Herbert Kickl, who now has good chances of becoming Austria's next chancellor, has radicalized the FPÖ in recent years. He seems to enjoy his role as the ultimate evil.

Tens of thousands of people protested across Austria on Thursday against the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe)'s possible return to power after it was tasked with trying to form a government.