Austria's centrist parties may come to their senses and try a second round of coalition talks, or form a minority government. And even if Kickl does prevail, that doesn't mean he'll succeed. He'll soon realise governing is far harder than campaigning.

Austria wore out the cordon sanitaire long ago. For much of the postwar era, the Freedom party was excluded by a series of grand coalitions (barring a single early-1980s coalition with the Social Democrats),

Austria's far-right and conservative parties have previously shared power but always with the Freedom Party in a junior role.

Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl and his prospective coalition partners say they have reached an agreement to bring down the budget deficit.

Herbert Kickl, leader of Austria's right-wing Freedom Party, met with President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday, further fueling rumors that he will be asked to form a government.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) began coalition talks with the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the latter said on Thursday, after the failure of previous parties to form a government.

The Austrian People’s Party came in second with 26.3% and the centre-left Social Democrats, post-war Austria’s other traditional big party, were third with 21.1%. The Freedom Party’s poll ...

The Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially asked the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria to form a government.

Christian Stocker, newly appointed chairman of OVP, announces openness to coalition talks with Freedom Party (FPO).

Austria’s Freedom Party, which is starting talks to lead the government, opposes sanctions on Russia and the EU’s support for Ukraine.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) and conservative People's Party (OVP) plan to improve the state's finances by scrapping climate-change-related measures and collecting more in dividends from state-owned companies,

The anti-immigration, Eurosceptic and Russia-friendly Freedom Party won Austria’s parliamentary ... his conservative Austrian People’s Party made an abrupt U-turn on its previous refusal ...