Preliminary official results showed the Freedom Party finishing first with 29.2% of the vote and Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s Austrian People’s Party was second with 26.5%.
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, whose party dominates the Netherlands’ new government, congratulated the Freedom Party on social network X Sunday.
Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria poses with supporters, in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election.
The People’s Party is the far right’s only way into government, and now holds the key to forming any administration.
But that looks very unlikely with the Freedom Party in first place.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
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