A radical leader edges towards transforming Austria’s democracy, sparking widespread concern.

As the senior governing coalition partner, the Freedom Party (FPO), led by Herbert Kickl, is expected to implement even ...

Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the far right in pressuring the German government to tighten migration laws has upended the campaign three weeks before general elections.

Developments in Saxony belie all talk by the establishment parties of a supposed “firewall” against collaborating with the ...

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Despite provoking outrage from other mainstream political parties, German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz said ...

Friedrich Merz, frontrunner for German Chancellor, plans to enforce strict immigration policies. His proposals include an ...

Austria’s far-right FPÖ faces renewed criticism after a government-commissioned report linked the party to extremist groups ...

Austria’s immigrant community is dealing with the implications of an far-right FPÖ-led government. While some fear ...

Photo: PA Left-wing parties Labour, the Social Democrats and the Greens may unite to back one candidate in this year’s presidential election. The Social Democrats and the Greens have now said ...

These policies can work. Recent research shows how gender quotas put in place in the 1990s by the Swedish Social Democrats, requiring local candidates to alternate between men and women ...