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Austrian former partners, the far-right FPÖ and the conservative ÖVP at a crossroads after the scandals. An interview with Professor Reinhard Heinisch

Austria experienced two deep political crises during the last two years. The first, known as the IbizaGate, involved the then Vice Chancellor and leader...

Despite the scandals, Austria’s Conservatives and the far-right flirt again

Two years ago, the newly elected president of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) Sebastian Kurz, made a radical change in his party’s alliances....

Austrians’ love-hate relationship with Kurz

Austria’s leftists called for weekly protests against the country’s archconservative anti-immigrant government. Last week, “Resistance!” was the bellowing cry from 20,000 people gathered in Vienna’s...

Why the Austrian presidency should scare us all

Make no mistake: Sebastian Kurz is one of the most dangerous politicians in the EU right now. Behind the youthful veneer and man-of-the-people, public transport...

Has Europe just swerved to the right?

On February 19, the day Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) members held an internal vote in order to express their views about the party’s...

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The ruling Greek Conservative party expels former Prime Minister Samaras

Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has once again found...

Provisional deal on the 2025 EU Budget reached between Parliament and Council on Saturday

  On Saturday morning, negotiators from the European Parliament and...

Levent Kurnaz: the Caspian Sea will dry out if we don’t change agricultural practices

A physicist by training, Professor Levent Kurnaz is the...

EU fines Facebook over Marketplace’s antitrust breach

The European Commission fined Facebook’s parent company Meta for...

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