Austrian Freedom Party

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How anti-Corona measures have revived the populist right

Introduction Western Europe’s right-wing populists have opened up a new front in Western Europe’s variant of the American culture war. The magic word is “Impffreiheit” (or freedom to choose to…

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Austria’s Smoking Gun: Strache, “Ibiza-Gate”, and “Saint” Sebastian

Even such huge scandals which lead to the dissolution of a government, resignation of a Vice-Chancellor and the disclosure of massive corruption, might conclude with more of the same. On…

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Why has the populist radical right outperformed the populist radical left in Europe?

Populist parties on both the radical right and left of the political spectrum in Europe have made considerable electoral gains over the last decade, but they have done so using…

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5 min

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Back with a vengeance? One year with the radical right in government in Austria

The FPÖ is successfully tilling the field for a radical right turn of Austria, and it seems unlikely that the party will be manipulated into moderation again by the conservative…

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5 min

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Climate change, Holocaust denial and the ‘lies of our times’

In a recent interview, Heinz-Christian Strache, Vice-Chancellor of Austria and leader of the radical-right Freedom Party of Austria, noted, that ‘Environmental Protection is Homeland Protection!’. Concerns over the environment along…

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6 min

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Legislating Equality: Anti-Discrimination Policy in Europe

What does the rise of a radical-right party like the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) have to do with anti-discrimination policy in Europe? In the year 2000, after the FPÖ became…

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5 min

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The EU’s Putin Wannabes

The Austrian Habsburg Empire was famous for its motto: ‘not to lead wars but instead, to marry [and to colonize more territories]’; frequently repeated in Latin, bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria,…

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How anti-Corona measures have revived the populist right

Austria’s Smoking Gun: Strache, “Ibiza-Gate”, and “Saint” Sebastian

Why has the populist radical right outperformed the populist radical left in Europe?

Back with a vengeance? One year with the radical right in government in Austria

Climate change, Holocaust denial and the ‘lies of our times’

Legislating Equality: Anti-Discrimination Policy in Europe

The EU’s Putin Wannabes

US Buffalo Shooting: The Depressing Predictability of Far-Right Terrorism and How to Stop It

Nasser Kurdy and David Tucker. A Reply to Hate: Forgiving My Attacker. Stuttgart: Ibidem, 2021.

Nathaniël D. B. Kunkeler. Making Fascism in Sweden and the Netherlands: Myth-Creation and Respectability, 1931-40. London: Bloomsbury, 2021.

CARR Reform Statement

Webinar Series: The Future of Ideologies (Michael Freeden)