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Freedom Party of Austria

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Freedom Party
LeaderHerbert Kickl
Founded1956 (1956)
Preceded byFederation of Independents
IdeologyNationalism
Conservatism
Euroscepticism
Anti-immigration
Right-wing populism
Political positionFar-rightA[›][1]

The Freedom Party of Austria (German: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, shortened to FPÖ) is a far-right Austrian political party led by Herbert Kickl.

Their ideology is national conservative.[2] They are the third biggest party in the Austrian Parliament. The party leader is currently Herbert Kickl.

References

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    •  • Hainsworth, Paul (2008), The Extreme Right in Western Europe, Routledge, pp. 38–39
    •  • Art, David (2011), Inside the Radical Right: The Development of Anti-Immigrant Parties in Western Europe, Cambridge University Press, pp. 106–107
    •  • Wodak, Ruth; De Cillia, Rudolf; Reisigl, Martin (2009), The Discursive Construction of National Identity (2nd ed.), Edinburgh University Press, p. 195
    •  • Hale Williams, Michelle (2012), "Downside after the summit: factors in extreme-right party decline in France and Austria", Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe: From Local to Transnational, Routledge, p. 260
    •  • Cauquelin, Blaise (30 November 2016). "l'extrême droite près du pouvoir en Autriche". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Parties and Elections in Europe". www.parties-and-elections.eu. Retrieved 2017-05-28.

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