A far-right leader could soon take the helm in EU member country Austria. Here’s why it matters
Austria could soon have its first government led by the far right since World War II. President Alexander Van der Bellen has ...
Austria Far-Right Eyes €6.3 Billion Budget Cut to Avoid EU Probe
Austrian negotiators trying to form a nationalist-conservative government will target €6.3 billion ($6.4 billion) in ...
TikTok and more hit by EU privacy complaints in Austria
Austrian advocacy group Noyb has filed privacy complaints against TikTok and five other Chinese firms in the EU. Read ...
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Far-right Austria braces for first punishment from EU
Helmut Fohringer/APA/AFP via Getty Images While the size of Austria’s budget deficit would normally warrant the punishment the EU metes out to overspending countries, the Commission delayed the ...
TikTok, five other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaints
TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian ...
Slovenia Plans First Sovereign Sustainability-Linked Bond in EU
Slovenia is aiming to become the first European Union member to issue sustainability-linked bonds, the country’s Treasury ...
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Austria’s Kickl brings Europe’s anti-populist firewall crashing down
Gone are the days when EU leaders, confident in the need to uphold the bloc ... talks between Kickl and the center-right Austrian People’s Party are ongoing in Vienna — marks the demise of Europe’s ...
'Power shift' within EU inevitable if far-right leader Kickl forms Austrian government, analyst says
The leader of Austria's Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 ...
EU holds its breath as far-right in Austria edges closer to power
The leader of the Austrian Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, leaves the presidential office in Vienna, Austria, on Monday 6 January 2025.
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Herbert Kickl, Austria’s hard-right ideologue who played the long game
Other commentators fret that Mr Kickl’s views contradict the values of human rights, the rule of law and media freedom that the EU stands for ... thousands (25,000 in Vienna alone) took to ...
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Sweden and Austria urge the EU to get tougher on irregular migration
Nehammer called Sweden an "ally in the fight against illegal migration" and applauded Kristersson for ensuring the issue was at the forefront of the EU's agenda. The meeting in Vienna came three ...