Politico.eu: Watch out Ukraine, here comes the Hungaro-Austrian Empire
Pro-Russian politicians in the vein of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán are on the rise in Austria and Slovakia. VIENNA — Austrian politician Herbert Kickl is a pro-Russian, anti-American conspiracy theorist who champions horse dewormer as a remedy for COVID-19 and wants to turn the Alpine country into a “fortress” against migration.
He’s also the odds-on favorite to become his country’s next leader and Europe’s next big headache.
Kickl’s far-right Freedom Party has been leading the country’s national polls by several points since November as soaring inflation and a sharp increase in asylum applications fuel discontent with the current government, a coalition between the center-right Austrian People’s Party and the Greens. With the other main opposition party, the Social Democrats, plagued by infighting, Kickl’s party has the best chance in years to seize power.
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WNU Editor: Its not only Austria and Slovakia that the political winds are changing. I would say a growing number of Europeans are growing dissatisfied with their established political parties, are deeply concerned of the future, and are looking for a change.