Item 1 of 3 Head of Freedom Party (FPOe) Herbert Kickl waits for the start of the constitutional session of the Parliament in Vienna, Austria, October 24, 2024.

While negotiating with the conservatives to form a government, sharp-tongued Herbert Kickl was within reach of becoming contemporary Austria's first far-right chancellor. Wednesday's failure to ...

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said on Monday he had tasked far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl with forming a coalition government after a centrist attempt to assemble ...

Lead candidate of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) Herbert Kickl celebrates with supporters at the FPO election evening party following Austrian parliamentary elections, Sept. 29, 2024 ...

VIENNA — Herbert Kickl’s bid to become Austria’s first far-right chancellor since World War II and enact a Trump-style shake-up of the country stalled after coalition talks collapsed this week.

Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister and longtime campaign strategist who has led the Freedom Party since 2021, wants to become Austria's new chancellor.

The leader of Austria’s Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025. Herbert Kickl received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government.

Speculation grows that Austrian far right leader Herbert Kickl will be asked to form a government Exterior view of the Austrian Peoples’ Party’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Jan ...

For years Herbert Kickl was written off by many, including party comrades, as a figure best suited for work behind the scenes. An Eigenbrötler, they joked: someone who bakes their own bread.

Elections will be held on Sunday. Its leader, Herbert Kickl, has been branded as “Volkskanzler” or “people’s chancellor,” by his party, a term the Nazis used to describe Hitler.

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said on Monday he had tasked far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl with forming a coalition government after a centrist attempt to assemble ...