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Rise of the right in Europe as Austria Freedom Party set to take power

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After doubling their votes and winning the September 2024 election, Austria’s far right Freedom Party (FPÖ) now has a shot at governance and the chancellorship. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said on Monday, Jan. 6, that the FPÖ had a greenlight to try its hand at forming a coalition government after the second place party’s bid for a coalition failed over the weekend.

The rightward trend has occurred across Europe in the past few years, from France’s National front, led by Marine Le Pen, narrowly losing, to a win by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy and the recent rise in the polls of Germany’s AfD. The shift to the right also fits into the context of the United States, with President-elect Donald Trump soon taking over the White House again.

The FPÖ was founded by a former Nazi SS officer in the 1950s, and has maintained third or fourth place in most elections since then. In 2017, the party formed a coalition with the ruling People’s Party, which fell apart in 2019. The FPÖ then garnered nearly 29% of the vote in the most recent election.

The party called for an end to sanctions on Russia and expressed criticism of Western support to Ukraine. Austria has a longstanding policy of neutrality, and could join other skeptical nations like Slovakia and Hungary in opposition to continued aid to the country.

Some American leaders have been critical of continued aid. Vice President-elect JD Vance is among the critics.

“I do not think that it is in America’s interest to continue to fund an effectively never-ending war in Ukraine,” Vance said in May 2024.

In 2022, Vance also said that he “did not care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.”

Back in Austria, the FPÖ has called for a more “homogenous” country and for more border controls. While not all right-wing leaders in Europe call for an immediate end in European aid to Ukraine, Austria may be on the verge of doing so.

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After doubling their votes and winning the September 2024 election, Austria’s far right Freedom Party (FPÖ) now has a shot at governance and the chancellorship. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said on Monday, Jan. 6, that the FPÖ had a greenlight to try its hand at forming a coalition government after the second place party’s bid for a coalition failed over the weekend.

The rightward trend has occurred across Europe in the past few years, from France’s National front, led by Marine Le Pen, narrowly losing, to a win by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy and the recent rise in the polls of Germany’s AfD. The shift to the right also fits into the context of the United States, with President-elect Donald Trump soon taking over the White House again.

The FPÖ was founded by a former Nazi SS officer in the 1950s, and has maintained third or fourth place in most elections since then. In 2017, the party formed a coalition with the ruling People’s Party, which fell apart in 2019. The FPÖ then garnered nearly 29% of the vote in the most recent election.

The party called for an end to sanctions on Russia and expressed criticism of Western support to Ukraine. Austria has a longstanding policy of neutrality, and could join other skeptical nations like Slovakia and Hungary in opposition to continued aid to the country.

Some American leaders have been critical of continued aid. Vice President-elect JD Vance is among the critics.

“I do not think that it is in America’s interest to continue to fund an effectively never-ending war in Ukraine,” Vance said in May 2024.

In 2022, Vance also said that he “did not care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.”

Back in Austria, the FPÖ has called for a more “homogenous” country and for more border controls. While not all right-wing leaders in Europe call for an immediate end in European aid to Ukraine, Austria may be on the verge of doing so.

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