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

The far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the conservative People's Party (ÖVP), currently negotiating a coalition government in the Alpine state, are planning massive attacks on the working class and on migrants.

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’s immigrant community is dealing with the implications of an far-right FPÖ-led government. While some fear discrimination and policy changes, others see the party’s ascent as a push for reform.

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),

ECB rate-setter also warns that inflation risks are on the rise and that a January rate cut is not a done deal.

Four months after its election victory, Austria’s hard Right is about to lead a government for the first time since 1945. Austria will join Italy, The Netherlands, Hungary and Slovakia in a powerful populist bloc at the heart of the European Union.