Austria on the Edge: What a Kickl Government Would Mean for Europe

Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ) is polling at an all-time high of 38%, while the three-party coalition built to exclude Herbert Kickl teeters on the edge of collapse. After three consecutive years of recession and €15 billion in austerity, the strategy of shutting Kickl out hasn’t weakened him — it has made him stronger.

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