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Far-right Freedom party finishes first in Austrian election, latest results suggest

Party wins 28.8% of votes ahead of centre-right People’s party’s 26.3%, according to near-complete count

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Austria election live: far-right Freedom party got most votes, early projections show – as it happened

Far-right FPÖ could become strongest force in the country for first time in postwar period

The Guardian - UK

‘Moment of truth’ for Austria as far right senses election triumph

Sunday’s poll result is on a knife-edge but populist FPÖ is looking to capitalise on fears about migration

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‘People have a right to clean water’: Austria’s far right rides wave of public anger as election nears

The anti-asylum, pro-Kremlin FPÖ is leading the polls amid growing frustration over the political status quo

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‘This is the normalisation of racism’: apprehension at prospect of election success for Austria’s far right

Anti-migrant, anti-Islam FPÖ could emerge as most voted for party in Sunday’s parliamentary poll

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Austria elections: could the far-right FPÖ take power and what are its plans?

The anti-immigration Freedom party leads in the polls but the centre-right ÖVP looks likely to be kingmaker

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‘Catastrophe region’: Austrian city faces up to scale of damage left by deadly flooding

Destructive interplay between human influence on rain and land can be seen in municipalities such as St Pölten

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Populist, nativist, neofascist? A lexicon of Europe’s far right

There are numerous terms to describe the wide array of far right parties, but what do all they mean – and do we always use the right ones?

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EU elections: far-right parties surge, but less than had been expected

The results of the 2024 European elections have confirmed the surge of far-right parties in EU member states. However, while many recorded significant scores, the wave was not a groundswell, and the shifts vary from country to country.

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Unmarred by Russian spying scandal, Austria’s far-right expected to cruise to victory in European elections

For the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), the weeks are going by like clockwork. The far-right party continues to top the polls. It is expected to clinch a comfortable victory in the European elections on 9 June with almost 27% of the vote, well ahead of the Social Democrats of…

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Far-right EU election gains could boost nationalist parties on home turf

Polls indicate a surge for the right across the continent in next month’s ballots, but the centrists are still likely to hold sway in parliament

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Thousands across Austria take part in protests against far right

‘Defend democracy’ events were planned for Innsbruck, Salzburg and in front of parliament building in Vienna

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Make or break for the EU? Europeans vote in June with far right on the rise

Ever more of the continent’s 400 million voters feel the bloc is important enough to warrant casting their ballot

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From France to Italy, Hungary to Sweden, voting intentions track the far-right's rise in Europe

A little over a year since leader of Fratelli d'Italia Georgia Meloni rose to power in Italy, the latest data spells out a clear message: she is not the only ultraright politician surfing on voters’ anxieties. In fact, we may be entering a new cycle of far-right extremism across the…

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The far right don’t need to win elections to spread their malign ideas

Even when they don’t succeed, as in Spain, their extremist tropes are mainstream fare

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How Europe’s far right is marching steadily into the mainstream

Whether in Italy, Spain, France or Finland, parties that were once outcasts are fast gaining respectability – and power

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Austrian Social Democrats announce wrong leader after ‘technical error’

Party officials say Andreas Babler won race, not Hans Peter Doskozil as previously declared due to Excel error

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Across Europe, the far right is rising. That it seems normal is all the more terrifying

Austria, France, Germany, Sweden and now Spain – the firewall between the mainstream and the far right is crumbling, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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The far-right European pawns in Putin’s game

The rise of Putin sympathisers in European politics could have severe implications for Western democracies, warns Oliver Hartwich

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Rightwing populist parties blight climate policy, study finds

Researchers say Brexit politicians now pushing against net zero amid cost-of-living crisis

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