Alarm over Austrian right-wing party as its support soars

Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl in a recent photo.

This AFP article was posted on Yahoo News on Fri, September 1, 2023. By Kiyoko METZLER. I haven't been been following the FPOe for a long time and was so pleased to see that Herbert Kickl is now leading the party to greater success. It's now the highest polling party in Austria! Read on ...  -Carolyn

AUSTRIA'S FAR-RIGHT FREEDOM PARTY -- which is expected to win next year's elections -- has sparked fury with a "frightening" video glorifying fascist thinkers and making knowing nods to the country's Nazi past.

The two-minute promo -- which splices an extremist conspiracy theory that white Europeans are being replaced by migrants with images of Notre Dame in Paris in flames -- was made by the party's youth wing.  Continue reading at Carolyn Yeager