Austria Freedom Party

Austrian lower house passes headscarf ban for under-14s in schools

Austria's lower house of parliament passed the ban despite uncertainty over whether such legislation is unconstitutional, as a previous ban was ruled unconstitutional five years ago.

High school students studying classes at school
 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Austrian government presses ahead with planned headscarf ban in schools

 Austrian Chancellor and head of People's Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer speaks with journalists after coalition talks in Vienna, Austria, December 20, 2024.

SPÖ joining coalition might be only way to stop rise of far-right in Austria - analysis

 Austrian far Right Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Herbert Kickl leaves the presidential office at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, February 12, 2025.

Austria's far-right fails to build a coalition, talks collapse


Austria remembers Anschluss, with far right now in power

The head of Austria's main Jewish organization expressed skepticism about the government's announcement it hopes to build a commemorative wall that would bear the names of 66,000 Holocaust victims.

Austrian Parliament in Vienna, Austria March 19, 2016

Jewish leader attacks Austrian far right as antisemitism increases

The FPO, which was founded by ex-Nazis in the 1950s, came third in last year's parliamentary election.

Head of Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) Heinz-Christian Strache addresses a news conference in Vienna, Austria, April 25, 2017.

Austrian Freedom Party leader: Zero tolerance for neo-Nazis

Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg accused the Likud of "dangerously flirting with the worst of the antisemites."

New Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and MK Yehudah Glick (Likud)

Austrian Freedom Party politician resigns over neo-Nazi scandal

The FPO, which says it abandoned Nazi ideology espoused by its founders in the 1950s, entered government last month as a junior partner of Sebastian Kurz's conservatives.

Supporters wait for Head of Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) Heinz-Christian Strache during an election campaign rally in Vienna, Austria

Austria plans to dissolve fraternity in neo-Nazi scandal

"The person was excluded from the provincial party leadership as well as the SPO."

Supporters wait for Head of Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) Heinz-Christian Strache during an election campaign rally in Vienna, Austria

Austrian president demands politician step down over Nazi songbook affair

The president called on Udo Landbauer, a candidate with the Freedom Party, to step down from elections in light of his affiliation with a fraternity that espoused Nazi views.

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen speaks at the Council of Europe, January 2018

Austrian chancellor calls to punish author of antisemitic fraternity song

Racist hate speech is illegal in Austria.

Top candidate of the People's Party (OeVP) Sebastian Kurz attends his party's victory celebration meeting in Vienna, Austria, October 15, 2017.

Austria's Jews boycott Holocaust commemoration over rise of far right

The far-right Freedom Party gained third place with 26 percent of votes in parliamentary elections in October.

Supporters wait for Head of Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) Heinz-Christian Strache during an election campaign rally in Vienna, Austria

Austrian Jews to boycott Holocaust memorial event if far-right ministers attend

The Jewish community has boycotted the Freedom Party, which was founded by a former SS officer in the 1950s.

Israel's memorial at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria

Israel shall be the last country to give a kosher stamp to Austria’s Freedom Party

In the face of the attempts to by FPO to cozy up with Israel – only to legitimize hatred toward other ethnic and religious minorities – Israel shall be the last to give the FPO a kashrut stamp.

Heinz-Christian Strache, the head of the far-right Freedom Party, celebrates in Vienna with his wife, Phillipa Beck, after Austria's general election